The Common Man

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...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 26, 1975

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

Sofracima

Cast

Jean-Pierre Marielle,Robert Castel,Pierre Tornade,Victor Lanoux,Abderrahmane Benkloua,Jean Bouise,Pino Caruso,Mohamed Zinet,Michel Peyrelon,Paul Bonifasand 7 more

Director

Yves Boisset

Writer

Michel Martens,Yves Boisset,Jean Curtelin,Jean-Pierre Bastid

Producer

Gisèle Rebillon,Catherine Winter

Cinematography

Jacques Loiseleux

Music

Vladimir Cosma

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0071449