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The Common Man(1975)
Status: Released
Date: 1975-02-26
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69 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
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...
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies:
Sofracima
Movie: The Common Man
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
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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...
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1975-02-26
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