The Common Man (1975)

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...

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Top billed cast

Jean CarmetGeorges Lajoie
Pascale RobertsMadame Colin
Jean-Pierre MarielleLéo Tartaffione
Mohamed ZinetLe frère de Saïd
Jacques VilleretGérald
Ginette GarcinGinette Lajoie
Jean BouiseInspecteur Boulard
Isabelle HuppertBrigitte Colin
Jacques ChailleuxLéon Lajoie
Robert CastelLoulou

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