The Common Man (1975)
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...
Director:
Yves Boisset
Writers:
Jean-Pierre Bastid, Jean Curtelin, Michel Martens.
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Jean Carmet as Georges Lajoie |
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Pascale Roberts as Madame Colin |
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Jean-Pierre Marielle as Léo Tartaffione |
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Mohamed Zinet as Le frère de Saïd |
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Jacques Villeret as Gérald |
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Ginette Garcin as Ginette Lajoie |
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Jean Bouise as Inspecteur Boulard |
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Isabelle Huppert as Brigitte Colin |
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Jacques Chailleux as Léon Lajoie |
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Robert Castel as Loulou |
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Michel Peyrelon as Albert Schumacher |
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Victor Lanoux as le costaud |
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Henri Garcin as le haut fonctionnaire |
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Abderrahmane Benkloua as Saïd |
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Pierre Tornade as Colin |
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Pino Caruso as Vigorelli |
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Paul Bonifas as Le Maire |
| Directing | Yves Boisset | Director |
| Writing | Yves Boisset | Author |
| Writing | Jean-Pierre Bastid | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jean Curtelin | Screenplay |
| Writing | Michel Martens | Screenplay |
| Production | Gisèle Rebillon | Producer |
| Production | Catherine Winter | Producer |
| Camera | Jacques Loiseleux | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Albert Jurgenson | Editor |
| Sound | Vladimir Cosma | Original Music Composer |