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Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (French pronunciation: [lə buʁʒwa ʒɑ̃tijɔm], translated as The Bourgeois Gentleman, The Middle-Class Aristocrat, or The Would-Be Noble) is a five-act comédie-ballet – a play intermingled with music, dance and singing – written by Molière, first presented on 14 October 1670 before the court of ...
- Molière
- 1885
Mar 3, 1982 · The bourgeois gentleman: Directed by Roger Coggio. With Michel Galabru, Rosy Varte, Roger Coggio, Ludmila Mikaël. Monsieur Jourdain, upstart enriched and naive, dreams of being recognized in high society. To this end, he hires masters of music, dance and philosophy.
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- Comedy
- Roger Coggio
- 1982-03-03
Synopsis. In this adaptation of the play by Molière, Monsieur Jourdain, social climber, nouveau rich but naive, dreams of being recognized in high society. He hires masters of music, dance, philosophy. He has gone mad with thoughts of honors, decorations, and power. Cast. Michel Galabru. M. Jourdain. Rosy Varte. Madame Jourdain. Etienne Chicot.
In this adaptation of the play by Molière, Monsieur Jourdain, social climber, nouveau rich but naive, dreams of being recognized in high society. He hires masters of music, dance, philosophy.
Monsieur Jourdain is a wealthy man who wants to rise up the social ladder but only succeeds in giving away his lack of sensibility at every turn, and soon he has some of the impoverished nobility wanting to use his lucre as a springboard back into the good life.
Synopsis: 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.
1982. Comedy. 2h 15m. Monsieur Jourdain, upstart enriched and naive, dreams of being recognized in high society. To this end, he hires masters of music, dance and philosophy. The madness of honors, decorations, power has taken hold of our bourgeois.
