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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Release Date

December 28, 1968

Status

Released

Original Title

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

Runtime

2h 10min

Budget

Revenue

Language

French