The Grand Highway
Released: 1987
Drama
Louis, a nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany. His mother Claire has lodged him with her girlfriend Marcelle and her husband Pelo while she's having her second baby. There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year- old girl next door, and learns from her about life.
Starring: Anémone, Richard Bohringer, Antoine Hubert, Vanessa Guedj, Christine Pascal, Pascale Roberts, Marie Matheron, Daniel Rialet
Directed by: Jean-Loup Hubert
Written by: Jean-Loup Hubert, Jean-Loup Hubert
Language: French
Scenes
Louis (Antoine Hubert) is a 9-year-old boy sent to stay with a couple in a small village. The woman (Marcelle, played by Anémone) gives him a chamber pot, and watches as he uses it before bedtime.
The male half of the couple shows Louis how to piss on a wall, telling him that when he can hit the wall he is ready for girls.
Louis's tomboy friend (Vanessa Guedj) takes him to the church roof and tells him to pee so that it sprays out the gargoyle.
Louis hides from everyone else on the church roof, and again pees out the gargoyle when they go to find him. He almost "baptizes" the priest!
Marcelle reminds Louis's mother of her school days, when instead of using the toilet she would go in the bushes where the boys could see her.
Alternate Titles
Am großen Weg