CinemaOSMovie · 1975 · 1h 40m

The Common Man

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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 byYves Boisset

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
FR
Released
February 26, 1975
Studios
Sofracima

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Georges Lajoie

Pascale Roberts

Pascale Roberts

Madame Colin

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Léo Tartaffione

Mohamed Zinet

Mohamed Zinet

Le frère de Saïd

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

Gérald

Ginette Garcin

Ginette Garcin

Ginette Lajoie

Jean Bouise

Jean Bouise

Inspecteur Boulard

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Brigitte Colin

Jacques Chailleux

Jacques Chailleux

Léon Lajoie

Robert Castel

Robert Castel

Loulou

Creative team
Directed by
Yves Boisset
Yves Boisset
Written by
Jean-Pierre Bastid
Jean Curtelin
Produced by
Gisèle Rebillon
Catherine Winter

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