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The Common Man
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1975 film directed by Yves Boisset
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7.0Georges 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...
Released: 1975-02-26100 minDir: Yves BoissetDrama
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
Themes
- rape
- racism
- lynching
- xenophobia
- injustice
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Yves Boisset
- Screenwriter
- Yves Boisset
- Cast member
- Paul Bonifas
- Composer
- Vladimir Cosma
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 277827
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- publication date
- 1975-01-01
- title
- Dupont Lajoie
- Commons category
- Dupont Lajoie
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