Movie: The Common Man

Top 10 Billed Cast

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

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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...

  • Release Date

    1975-02-26

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    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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    Français
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