
L'École des femmes
Comedy
Overview
Taped live at the Princess Grace Theater in Monte Carlo, a dope rendition of the play about a bourgeois obsessed with infidelity who grooms his future wife from an early age so that she ignores the things of life and therefore temptations.
Top Cast


Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru
Arnolphe
Michel Galabru
Arnolphe
Yannick Debain
Yannick Debain
Horace
Yannick Debain
Horace
Emmanuelle Livry
Emmanuelle Livry
Agnès
Emmanuelle Livry
Agnès


Jean-Pierre Gernez
Jean-Pierre Gernez
Chrysalde
Jean-Pierre Gernez
Chrysalde
Marie-Sylvie Manuel
Marie-Sylvie Manuel
Georgette
Marie-Sylvie Manuel
Georgette
Xavier Garnault
Xavier Garnault
Alain
Xavier Garnault
Alain
Claude Rio
Claude Rio
Enrique
Claude Rio
Enrique


Rémy Roubakha
Rémy Roubakha
Oronte
Rémy Roubakha
Oronte
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