Network/Films/The Common Man 1975
The Common Man
Quick Facts
DirectorYves Boisset
Runtime1h 40m · U
GenresDrama
Release1975-02-26
Film

The Common Man

1975· U· 1h 40m· Drama

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...

1975-02-26
The Common Man

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Key Crew
DirectorYves Boisset
ScreenplayJean Curtelin
Director of PhotographyJacques Loiseleux
Original Music ComposerVladimir Cosma
Full cast & crew (17 cast · 10 crew)

Details

Released1975-02-26
Runtime1h 40m · U
StatusReleased
StudiosSofracima
LanguagesFrench
CountriesFrance
Rating7.0/10 · 69 votes
Original languagefr

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