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.
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Would-Be Gentleman
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 28, 1968
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Comedy, TV Movie
Original Title
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Production Companies
Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française
Director
Pierre Badel
Description
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.
