Would-Be Gentleman (1968)
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.
- Released
- 1968-12-28
- Genres
- Comedy, TV Movie
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Pierre Badel
- TMDB rating
- 9.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Michel Serrault as M. Jourdain
- Rosy Varte as Mme Jourdain
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Dorante
- Jean-Pierre Darras as Le maître de ballet
- Roger Carel as Le maître de musique
- Henri Virlogeux as Le maître de philosophie
- Jacques Legras as Le maître-tailleur
- Michel Creton as Covielle
- Georges Audoubert as Le maître d'armes
- Annick Blancheteau as Lucile
- René Bouloc as Le premier laquais
- Xavier Depraz as Le Grand Turc