The Common Man

The Common Man

1975 · 100 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...

Directed by Yves Boisset · Written by Michel Martens

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Jean Carmet Georges Lajoie
Pascale Roberts Madame Colin
Jean-Pierre Marielle Léo Tartaffione
Mohamed Zinet Le frère de Saïd
Jacques Villeret Gérald
Ginette Garcin Ginette Lajoie
Jean Bouise Inspecteur Boulard
Isabelle Huppert Brigitte Colin
Jacques Chailleux Léon Lajoie
Robert Castel Loulou
Michel Peyrelon Albert Schumacher
Victor Lanoux le costaud

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