
Feature film — 1975
The Common Man (1975)
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...
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Director: Yves Boisset
On screen
Cast & crew

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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