The Common Man
Top 10 Billed Cast
Georges Lajoie
Madame Colin
Léo Tartaffione
Le frère de Saïd
Gérald
Ginette Lajoie
Inspecteur Boulard
Brigitte Colin
Léon Lajoie
Loulou
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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...
Release Date
1975-02-26
Average
7
Rating:
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