

The Common Man
Visit website7.1/10 • 59
1975-02-26 • 1h 30m
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...
- Directors
- Yves Boisset
- Editors
- Albert Jurgenson

The Common Man
Visit website1975-02-26 • 1h 30m
7.1/10 • 59
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...
- Directors
- Yves Boisset
- Editors
- Albert Jurgenson
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJean Carmet
Georges Lajoie
Pascale Roberts
Madame Colin
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Léo Tartaffione
Mohamed Zinet
Le frère de Saïd
Jacques Villeret
Gérald
Ginette Garcin
Ginette Lajoie
Jean Bouise
Inspecteur Boulard
Isabelle Huppert
Brigitte Colin
Jacques Chailleux
Léon Lajoie
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- Original Language
- French
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- Keywords
- raperacismlynchingxenophobiainjustice