Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1982)
Directed by Roger Coggio

Film Synopsis

Monsieur Jourdain dreams that he is received by the King at the Palace of Versailles.  When he awakes, Jourdain immediately sets about trying to acquire the manners and aspect of a gentleman, for at the moment, sad to say, he is a mere bourgeois.  Eager to acquire the accomplishments of dance, music and weaponry, he engages teachers to help him master these skills which are, to his mind, so essential for a gentleman of culture and refinement.  Of course he must change his manner of dress, but his new colourful adornments only provoke hilarity in his household.  Through the marquise Dorimène he meets an authoritarian count who intends to profit from his naivety.  Before he knows it, Monsieur Jourdain is squandering a fortune on a ballet, arranged for the honour of the young marquise.  When his daughter Lucile asks his permission to marry Cléonte, Jourdain defuses, as he is most definitely not a gentleman.  With the help of her servant Covielle, Cléonte devises a ruse to trick her father into giving his assent to her marriage...