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...
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Jean Carmet
Georges Lajoie
Known for
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Pascale Roberts
Madame Colin
Known for
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Jean-Pierre Marielle
Léo Tartaffione
Known for
The Da Vinci Code
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Mohamed Zinet
Le frère de Saïd
Known for
The Kick of Sirocco
Jacques Villeret
Gérald
Known for
The Dinner Game
The Cabbage Soup
Ginette Garcin
Ginette Lajoie
Known for
The Dope
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute
Jean Bouise
Inspecteur Boulard
Known for
The Big Blue
Nikita
Isabelle Huppert
Brigitte Colin
Known for
Elle
The Piano Teacher
Jacques Chailleux
Léon Lajoie
Known for
Going Places
The Prize of Peril
Robert Castel
Loulou
Known for
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Too Shy to Try
Michel Peyrelon
Albert Schumacher
Known for
The Visitors
Going Places
Victor Lanoux
le costaud
Known for
National Lampoon's European Vacation
Pardon Mon Affaire
Yves Boisset Director · Jean-Pierre Bastid Screenplay Jean Curtelin Screenplay
Worldwide gross $11M · First release February 26, 1975 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$10,900,000
Production
Sofracima
Production
France
Produced in
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Original title
Dupont Lajoie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 26, 1975
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
August 2, 2007 · Physical · DVD (TF1 Vidéo)
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