Movie·1975·1h 40m
The Common Man
Directed By
Yves Boisset
Country
France
Language
French
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The Story
Original title: Dupont Lajoie
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...
Written By
Michel Martens, Jean Curtelin, Jean-Pierre Bastid
Producer
Gisèle Rebillon, Catherine Winter
Cinematography
Jacques Loiseleux
Music
Vladimir Cosma
Editor
Albert Jurgenson
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
69 votes
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// cast
Cast
Jean 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
Robert Castel
Loulou
Michel Peyrelon
Albert Schumacher
Victor Lanoux
le costaud
Henri Garcin
le haut fonctionnaire
Abderrahmane Benkloua
Saïd
Pierre Tornade
Colin
Pino Caruso
Vigorelli
Paul Bonifas
Le Maire
// crew
Crew
Yves Boisset
Director
Gisèle Rebillon
Producer
Albert Jurgenson
Editor
Jacques Loiseleux
Director of Photography
Catherine Winter
Producer
Michel Martens
Screenplay
Jean Curtelin
Screenplay
Jean-Pierre Bastid
Screenplay
Vladimir Cosma
Original Music Composer
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