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MOVIE TITLE QUESTION

This is for anyone who is fluent in both French and English.

The English title of "The Grand Highway" makes it sound like some big and exciting adventure. But isn't the real sense of the French actually just "the main road", something perfectly mundane? Because pretty much every single town or region in the world has one main road leading to it.

I suppose one could see it as ordinary childhood events that are hugely important and significant for those experiencing them.

[P.S.: I just noticed this got an R certificate in the U.S. What a crock of s***! The Germany and various Scandinavian ratings of 11 or 12 seem reasonable to me. I suppose the rug munching scene pushed it over the edge for the MPAA.]

I was actually wondering about this as well. In English, the phrase Grand Highway has connotations of being more of a fantastical or celebrated route to somewhere special. Yes, this movie IS very special. But this a good question. I am not fluent in French, so I am curious to hear about what anyone else can say.

Based off of what I found, Night may have a point. While trying to get google and deepl to turn out a phrase with main road, both offer consistently la route principale, and for Grand Chemin, it says "the great way" or "the main road" as well as alternatives like "The long road" or "The long way".

On reverso, it offers a bit of both as well, with main road consistently coming up as "grande route", but then also using "route prinicipale".
https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-french/main+road

Context reverso has a few meanings for grand chemin, including "main highway", "long way", and interestingly, "the high road" (an idiom in English, as in, "the high road to fortune").
https://context.reverso.net/translation ... and+chemin

My best guess would be that it can be used as the mundane main road, as in "let's just take the main road into town", but ALSO has exciting and adventuresome connotations in other contexts.

Other insight might be provided by looking at the alternate movie titles for other countries. For Germany, it is "Am großen Weg". Can anyone tell us is that is more like main road or grand highway? Google nicely gives us "Sur le grand chemin".

Dutch "De grote weg" gives us "the major road". Norwegian "En sommer for livet" gives us "A summer of a lifetime".

Wow, that is a lot of great research, pillowbaker! Thanks! It does not answer the question definitively, but it gives a lot to think about.

I began thinking of this first because of the early Title drop moment where the bus driver announces in the standard English subtitle that they have reached "The Grand Highway". Unless that is the actual NAME of that stretch of asphalt, it seems more likely he would be saying they have reached "the main road" (into town). He hardly seems like Good Witch Glinda telling Louis to "Follow Le Grand Chemin, follow Le Grand Chemin"! He is good-natured, but not quite THAT whimsical.

There are some releases at rarbg and https://btdig.com/ under the title The Grand Highway

ferdi111 wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:35 am There are some releases at rarbg and https://btdig.com/ under the title The Grand Highway

Great that RARBG is catching up! Here is a summary of torrents that I reviewed:

*** AVOID THESE TORRENTS, THEY HAVE DIGITAL GLITCHES: ***
The Grand Highway (1987) [FRENCH] [1080p] [BluRay] [YTS.MX] (1.78GB)
The.Grand.Highway.1987.FRENCH.1080p.BluRay.x264.DD2.0-PTer (14.99GB)
Le.grand.chemin.1987.1080p.BluRay.DD2.0.x264-PTer (14.99GB)
Le.grand.chemin.1987.1080p.BluRay.DD2.0.x264-MOMOHD (14.99GB)
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THESE ONES SEEM TO BE GOOD:
The.Grand.Highway.1987.FRENCH.1080p.BluRay.x265-VXT (1.67GB)
The.Grand.Highway.1987.FRENCH.1080p.BluRay.H264.AAC-VXT (2.04GB)
(I downloaded and reviewed them quickly. They do NOT have the glitches seen in the other torrents.)

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THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY GOOD. I WATCHED IT. Thank you to goku33 for sharing it!
LE.GRAND.CHEMIN.1987.FRENCH.1080P.BDRIP.X264.AC3-FIST (8.2GB)
Uploaded to ulozto: https://ulozto.net/file/PaUXx3b9THjW/le ... usrGZ2Lt==

English subtitles with corrections:

Thank you Night for taking the time to review these files for us. Greatly appreciated!

Night457 wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:25 pm …

I originally didn’t even have much interest in this movie, but now I think with everyone saying it’s one your guys favorites, I probably will give it a watch some time.

ghost wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 2:11 am Well... I edited the 15 GB file a bit and added a German audio track, including synced English subtitles:

Le grand chemin (1987).1080p.Blu-ray.german.french.mkv

Le grand chemin (1987).1080p.Blu-ray.german.french.srt

I guess you can stop sharing this version which must also have had the glitches since it originates from the 15gb file..

Also once again thanks for the German audio, the German dvd is already kind of hard to get by

goku33 wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:32 pm ... the German dvd is already kind of hard to get by

I have it! Does anyone want to pay the likely 20€ shipping to send it back over the Atlantic?

(Just kidding. I'm not selling it.)

I fully expect that ghost is working on a revised dual-language remux now that we have a good video source.

Night457 wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:40 pm

goku33 wrote: Thu Mar 23, 2023 10:32 pm ... the German dvd is already kind of hard to get by

I have it! Does anyone want to pay the likely 20€ shipping to send it back over the Atlantic?

(Just kidding. I'm not selling it.)

I fully expect that ghost is working on a revised dual-language remux now that we have a good video source.

Hold on, I‘m coming over

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