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Would-Be Gentleman (1958)

Would-Be Gentleman (1958)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1958, November 19
Countries: France
Production: Les Productions Cinématographiques, Filmsonor, La Comédie-Française
Cast: Jean Piat, Henri Tisot, Micheline Boudet, Robert Manuel, Georges Descrières, René Camoin, Louis Seigner, Michèle Grellier, Jacques Charon, Jean Meyer, Georges Chamarat, Jacques Eyser

Overview:

M. Jourdain is a cloth merchant who wants to become a gentleman, learning dance, music, fencing and philosophy. Mme Jourdain is worried about Dorante's expenses and prefers her daughter Lucile to marry Cléonte. The two young men's servants use subterfuge to get M. Jourdain to accept Cléonte as son-in-law. They fake the arrival of the Grand Turk's son in Paris, and, in an Oriental ballet, confer upon M. Jourdain the title of Mammamouchi, his daughter marrying the son of the Grand Turk, who is none other than Cléonte in disguise.