The Common Man

The Common Man

1975
1h 40m
7.0

7.0/10

68 votes • View on IMDb
Drama
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...

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Production Information

Production Companies
Sofracima
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

rape racism lynching xenophobia injustice

Quick Facts

Original Title Dupont Lajoie
Release Date February 26, 1975
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0071449

Cast

Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet

Georges Lajoie

Pascale Roberts
Pascale Roberts

Madame Colin

Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle

Léo Tartaffione

Mohamed Zinet
Mohamed Zinet

Le frère de Saïd

Jacques Villeret
Jacques Villeret

Gérald

Ginette Garcin
Ginette Garcin

Ginette Lajoie

Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise

Inspecteur Boulard

Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle Huppert

Brigitte Colin

Jacques Chailleux
Jacques Chailleux

Léon Lajoie

Robert Castel
Robert Castel

Loulou

Michel Peyrelon
Michel Peyrelon

Albert Schumacher

Victor Lanoux
Victor Lanoux

le costaud

Key Crew

Catherine Winter
Producer
Yves Boisset
Director
Michel Martens
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Bastid
Screenplay
Gisèle Rebillon
Producer
Jean Curtelin
Screenplay