

Would-Be Gentleman (1968)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1968-12-28
France
130 Min.
PG-13
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
M. Jourdain
Mme Jourdain
Dorante
Le maître de ballet
Le maître de musique
Le maître de philosophie
Le maître-tailleur
Covielle
Le maître d'armes
Lucile
Le premier laquais
Le Grand Turc
Cléante
Nicole
Dorimène
Le second laquais
L'élève du maître de musique
Le garçon tailleur
Une soliste
Un soliste
Un soliste
Une danseuse