The Common Man
- Released on
- Runtime
- 90 mins
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...
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...
Cast
- Jean Carmet
- Pascale Roberts
- Jean-Pierre Marielle
- Mohamed Zinet
- Jacques Villeret
- Ginette Garcin
- Jean Bouise
- Isabelle Huppert
- Jacques Chailleux
- Robert Castel
- Michel Peyrelon
- Victor Lanoux
- Henri Garcin
- Abderrahmane Benkloua
- Pierre Tornade
- Pino Caruso
- Paul Bonifas
Director
- Yves Boisset
Producers
- Gisèle Rebillon
- Catherine Winter
Screenwriter
- Michel Martens
- Jean Curtelin
- Jean-Pierre Bastid