Comedy ·TV Movie · France · 1968 · 2h 10m

Would-Be Gentleman

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

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Director
Pierre Badel
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
Crew
Louis Miaille — Director of Photography Andrée Lemaire — Editor
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
marriage proposalfrancediamondmusic teacherbourgeoisieignorancecountbased on play or musicalmaidlove affairparasitenobility
Key Collaborators
Pierre Badel Director Louis Miaille Director of Photography Andrée Lemaire Editor
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