Louis, a timid nine-year-old boy from Paris, spends his summer vacation in a small town in Brittany.

There Louis makes friends with Martine, the ten-year-old girl next door, and learns about life from her.

His subsequent adventures run the gamut from delightful to terrifying, with a little "coming of age" (via a few glimpses of nudity) thrown in.

Le grand chemin was directed by Jean-Loup Hubert, and produced by Pascal Hommais and Jean Francois Lepetit.

[1] Claude Lecomte served as director of photography, with camera operator Jean Paul Meurisse and film editor Raymonde Guyot.