The Common Man

The Common Man

90 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 26, 1975

As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite. They join old friends, the Schumachers and the Colins. Brigitte Colin, the daughter, is quite a pretty young girl now. One day, Georges rapes and murders her. He hides the body near the barracks of the immigrant Arab workers. The racism of the campers will do the rest... A virulent lampoon against the average Frenchman's racism.

The Common Man

90 mins | Drama, Thriller | Feb. 26, 1975

The Common Man
As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite. They join old friends, the Schumachers and the Colins. Brigitte Colin, the daughter, is quite a pretty young girl now. One day, Georges rapes and murders her. He hides the body near the barracks of the immigrant Arab workers. The racism of the campers will do the rest... A virulent lampoon against the average Frenchman's racism.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Sofracima
Original title Dupont Lajoie
Directors Yves Boisset
Writers Michel Martens, Jean Curtelin, Jean-Pierre Bastid, Yves Boisset

Cast

Jean Carmet

as Georges Lajoie

Pascale Roberts

as Madame Colin

Ginette Garcin

as Ginette Lajoie

Michel Peyrelon

as Albert Schumacher

Jacques Chailleux

as Léon Lajoie

Robert Castel

as Loulou

Jean Bouise

as Inspecteur Boulard

Victor Lanoux

as le costaud

Henri Garcin

as le haut fonctionnaire

Isabelle Huppert

as Brigitte Colin

Jacques Villeret

as Gérald

Jean-Pierre Marielle

as Léo Tartaffione