The Common Man

Released

February 26, 1975

Runtime: 1h 40m

The Common Man
FrenchDrama

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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Cast & Crew

  • 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

  • Michel Peyrelon

    Michel Peyrelon

    Albert Schumacher

  • Victor Lanoux

    Victor Lanoux

    le costaud

  • Henri Garcin

    Henri Garcin

    le haut fonctionnaire

  • AB

    Abderrahmane Benkloua

    Saïd

  • Pierre Tornade

    Pierre Tornade

    Colin

  • Pino Caruso

    Pino Caruso

    Vigorelli

  • Paul Bonifas

    Paul Bonifas

    Le Maire

  • Yves Boisset

    Yves Boisset

    Director

  • JB

    Jean-Pierre Bastid

    Screenplay

  • JC

    Jean Curtelin

    Screenplay

  • MM

    Michel Martens

    Screenplay

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