Would-Be Gentleman

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

M. Jourdain

Rosy Varte

Mme Jourdain

Daniel Ceccaldi

Dorante

Jean-Pierre Darras

Le maître de ballet

Roger Carel

Le maître de musique

Henri Virlogeux

Le maître de philosophie

Jacques Legras

Le maître-tailleur

Michel Creton

Covielle

Georges Audoubert

Le maître d'armes

Annick Blancheteau

Lucile

René Bouloc

Le premier laquais

Xavier Depraz

Le Grand Turc