Would-Be Gentleman (1968)

9.0/10 130 min Comedy TV Movie

Overview

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme satirizes attempts at social climbing and the bourgeois personality, poking fun both at the vulgar, pretentious middle-class and the vain, snobbish aristocracy. The title is meant as an oxymoron: in Molière's France, a "gentleman" was by definition nobly born, and thus there could be no such thing as a bourgeois gentleman.

Cast

Michel Serrault

M. Jourdain

Rosy Varte

Mme Jourdain

Daniel Ceccaldi

Dorante

Jean-Pierre Darras

Le maître de ballet

Roger Carel

Le maître de musique

Henri Virlogeux

Le maître de philosophie

Jacques Legras

Le maître-tailleur

Michel Creton

Covielle

Georges Audoubert

Le maître d'armes

Annick Blancheteau

Lucile

René Bouloc

Le premier laquais

Xavier Depraz

Le Grand Turc

Catherine Hiegel

Nicole

Tania Torrens

Dorimène

Armand Babel

Le second laquais

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