Would-Be Gentleman

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.

Genre:

Comedy, TV Movie

Duration:

130 min

Cast:

Michel Serrault, Rosy Varte, Daniel Ceccaldi

Quality:

HD

Director:

Pierre Badel

Release:

1968

Country:

France

Rating:

9.0