Would-Be Gentleman (1968)

Would-Be Gentleman (1968)

1968-12-28 France 130 Min. PG-13
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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 is M. Jourdain
M. Jourdain
Rosy Varte is Mme Jourdain
Mme Jourdain
Jean-Pierre Darras is Le maître de ballet
Le maître de ballet
Roger Carel is Le maître de musique
Le maître de musique
Henri Virlogeux is Le maître de philosophie
Le maître de philosophie
Jacques Legras is Le maître-tailleur
Le maître-tailleur
Michel Creton is Covielle
Georges Audoubert is Le maître d'armes
Le maître d'armes
René Bouloc is Le premier laquais
Le premier laquais
Xavier Depraz is Le Grand Turc
Le Grand Turc