Would-Be Gentleman
1968Le 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.
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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
Philippe Étesse
as Cléante
Catherine Hiegel
as Nicole
Tania Torrens
as Dorimène
Armand Babel
as Le second laquais
Pierre Devevey
as L'élève du maître de musique
Michel Morano
as Le garçon tailleur
Anne-Marie Sanial
as Une soliste
Marc Vento
as Un soliste
Jean-Marie Humily
as Un soliste
Nathalie Bréhal
as Une danseuse