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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

Henri Garcin

Henri Garcin

le haut fonctionnaire

Abderrahmane Benkloua

Abderrahmane Benkloua

Saïd

Pierre Tornade

Pierre Tornade

Colin

Pino Caruso

Pino Caruso

Vigorelli

Paul Bonifas

Paul Bonifas

Le Maire

Crew

Yves Boisset

Yves Boisset

Director

Yves Boisset

Yves Boisset

Author

Jean-Pierre Bastid

Jean-Pierre Bastid

Screenplay

Jean Curtelin

Jean Curtelin

Screenplay

Michel Martens

Michel Martens

Screenplay

Gisèle Rebillon

Gisèle Rebillon

Producer

Catherine Winter

Catherine Winter

Producer

Jacques Loiseleux

Jacques Loiseleux

Director of Photography

Albert Jurgenson

Albert Jurgenson

Editor

Vladimir Cosma

Vladimir Cosma

Original Music Composer

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The Common Man

19757.0 / 1090 min
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...