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WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN

Le bourgeois gentilhomme

Directed by Henri Alekan
France, 1958
Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 9696 minutes

Synopsis

A well off but ignorant bourgeois tries to move into aristocratic society by learning music, dance, fencing, philosophy. He is conned by masqueraders pretending to be Turks.

Synopsis

A well off but ignorant bourgeois tries to move into aristocratic society by learning music, dance, fencing, philosophy. He is conned by masqueraders pretending to be Turks.