The Common Man

Name: The Common Man
Director: Yves Boisset
Genre: Drama
Released: 1975-02-26
Rating: 7

Film19751h 40mReleased

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Director: Yves Boisset
Language: French
Released: 1975-02-26
Runtime: 1h 40m

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The story

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...