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Feature film — 1975

The Common Man (1975)

7.01h 40mDrama

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

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Cast & crew

Jean Carmet as Georges Lajoie

Jean Carmet

Georges Lajoie

Pascale Roberts as Madame Colin

Pascale Roberts

Madame Colin

Jean-Pierre Marielle as Léo Tartaffione

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Léo Tartaffione

Mohamed Zinet as Le frère de Saïd

Mohamed Zinet

Le frère de Saïd

Jacques Villeret as Gérald

Jacques Villeret

Gérald

Ginette Garcin as Ginette Lajoie

Ginette Garcin

Ginette Lajoie

Jean Bouise as Inspecteur Boulard

Jean Bouise

Inspecteur Boulard

Isabelle Huppert as Brigitte Colin

Isabelle Huppert

Brigitte Colin

Jacques Chailleux as Léon Lajoie

Jacques Chailleux

Léon Lajoie

Robert Castel as Loulou

Robert Castel

Loulou

Michel Peyrelon as Albert Schumacher

Michel Peyrelon

Albert Schumacher

Victor Lanoux as le costaud

Victor Lanoux

le costaud

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