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The Common Man

1975 • 1h40m Drama

Rating

7.0/10

Popularity

7

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...

Details

Director

Yves Boisset

Screenplay

Jean-Pierre Bastid

Jean Curtelin

Michel Martens

Cast

Jean Carmet

Pascale Roberts

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Release date

2/26/1975

Status

Released

Origin country

FR

Vote count

68