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The Common Man

  • February 1975
  • 1hr

    30mins

  • Drama
  • Directed by

    Yves Boisset,

    Starring

    Jean Carmet,

    Pascale Roberts,

    Jean-Pierre Marielle,

    Mohamed Zinet

    ...

    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...