The Common Man

Genres: Drama

Languages: French

Year: 1975

Vote: 7.1

Festival & Award: - Silver Bear

The Common Man

The showmakers

Yves Boisset
Jean Carmet
Pascale Roberts
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Mohamed Zinet

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...

Indie vibes check

Though carrying an auteur-driven narrative, it had institutional production support, making it non-independent.

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