Would-Be Gentleman
Seen it?1968 | 130 min | Comedy, TV Movie
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for people who'll be humming afterwards and people who love relationship stories. The music is woven into the story, not just laid on top. Liked La Cage aux Folles? This is a good next one. Relationships are put under a microscope, for better or worse.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Light on its feet, at 2 hr 10 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1968: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you're after something serious tonight.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
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- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
Not enough engagement data yet
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Cast & crew
Directed by Pierre Badel
- Michel SerraultM. Jourdain
- Rosy VarteMme Jourdain
- Daniel CeccaldiDorante
- Jean-Pierre DarrasLe maître de ballet
- Roger CarelLe maître de musique
- Henri VirlogeuxLe maître de philosophie
- Jacques LegrasLe maître-tailleur
- Michel CretonCovielle
- Georges AudoubertLe maître d'armes
- Annick BlancheteauLucile