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.
Directed by Pierre Badel
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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
Philippe Étesse
Cléante
Catherine Hiegel
Nicole
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