The Common Man

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...

7

100 min

Cast

Jean Carmet

as Georges Lajoie

Pascale Roberts

as Madame Colin

Jean-Pierre Marielle

as Léo Tartaffione

Mohamed Zinet

as Le frère de Saïd

Jacques Villeret

as Gérald

Ginette Garcin

as Ginette Lajoie

Jean Bouise

as Inspecteur Boulard

Isabelle Huppert

as Brigitte Colin

Jacques Chailleux

as Léon Lajoie

Robert Castel

as Loulou

Michel Peyrelon

as Albert Schumacher

Victor Lanoux

as le costaud

Henri Garcin

as le haut fonctionnaire

Abderrahmane Benkloua

as Saïd

Pierre Tornade

as Colin

Pino Caruso

as Vigorelli

Paul Bonifas

as Le Maire

Director

Yves Boisset