Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (film)

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac is a 1985 French drama film directed by Michel Mitrani that is based on the 1669 play of the same name by Molière. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
Directed by	Michel Mitrani
Written by	Michel Mitrani Molière
Produced by	Roger Coggio
Starring	Michel Galabru
Cinematography	Claude Lecomte
Edited by	Anick Baly
Release date	24 April 1985 (1985-04-24)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Michel Galabru - Monsieur de Pourceaugnac^[2]
• Roger Coggio - Sbrigani
• Fanny Cottençon - Julie
• Jérôme Anger - Eraste
• Jean-Paul Roussillon - Oronte
• Rosy Varte - Nérine
• Anne-Marie Besse - Lucette
• Jean-Pierre Castaldi - The Swiss
• Michel Aumont - Le premier médecin
• Paul Le Person - Le second médecin
• Michel Mitrani - Louis XIV
• Jean-Louis Bindi - Un chanteur
• Étienne Lestringant - Un chanteur
• Paule Andrée Nirouet - Une chanteuse
• Jean-Paul Barbier - Un danseur

Reception

The film was described as "a attempt not without elegance to adapt" Molière's play.^[3] Cinéma wrote that Mitrani had "used various techniques to solve the problem of adaptation, and his film [was] pleasantly striking in its modernism".^[4]