Christian Clavier in Despicable Me mode, it’s Master Putifard’s Revenge to see at the cinema!

Ten years after Les Profs, adapted from Eroc’s comics, Christian Clavier and Pierre-François Martin-Laval reunite for Les Vengeances de Maître Poutifard. The director, a former member of the Robins des Bois group, is here adapting Jean-Claude Murlevat’s children’s book. “The Third Revenge of Robert Puttiffard(2003) and it’s Christian Clavier who breathes life into this retired teacher.

In this comedy, which takes the form of A Revenge movie Which will delight young audiences, the actor plays Robert Puttiffard, a retired teacher who has only one thing in mind: to get revenge on the former students who ruined his life! To help him carry out his diabolical plan, he has the best accomplice by his side… his mother (Isabelle Nantes). Together they make them see all the colors!

A family comedy for ages 8 and up that lets kids know that their teacher is “big” and that even the simplest of jokes can hurt.

The three vendettas that Master Putifard takes against the students who made his life hell will delight the youngest, especially the first one, which has Christian Clavier disguised as Mario. The feature film includes several winks aimed at adults (PEF in Emmanuel Macron) and children.

“She didn’t understand why I saw her as such a nasty old lady”

This is already the thirteenth time that Pierre-Francois Martin-Laval has collaborated with Isabel Nantes, a former comedy teacher. Here he entrusts her with the role of mother Christian keyboard… a role proposal that surprised a key stakeholder. Pierre-François Martin-Laval explains his selection in the press kit.

“Isabelle is my Pygmalion, the fairy of my career. She was my theater teacher and made me work as a young actress before she got the guarantee as an actress, playing one of the main roles in Robin de Bois’s first production. She brought us luck.

That’s why I gave him a place in almost all my films. This time, she did not understand why I saw her as such a mean, very old lady, and she was afraid that she could not be trusted. But because that character was inspired by the one he was playing Cilla Chelton In Aunt DanielleWhoever revealed it, I thought it was delicious to trust.”

On the other hand, Isabel Nenti states:I wondered if I could embody it. I was very afraid of failure, but it was his idea, he was very interested in discussing it with Christian Clavier. Finding resources isn’t always easy, but when you have confidence in a director, you adapt. So I followed her advice and once the make-up and costume were done, I refrained from “playing” this lady to just “be”.

Aunt Danielle’s shadow

And the memory is incomparable Cilla Chelton He was filming Master Putifard’s RevengeBecause if the film was revealed by Aunt Daniel Isabel Nantes In the public eye, Cilla Chelton was also Christian Clavier’s acting teacher.

The actor recalls: “On this shoot, we often talked about Cila and especially about her ability to always go to the end of the character. She managed to play women with all their flaws and expected us to really “embody” our roles without complacency. “

Thanks to this film, Isabel Nenti finds out Christian keyboard After the Guests (1993), Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2001), Grimoire of Arcandia (2013) and Teachers (2013). And this is the first time that the 61-year-old actress plays the mother of Christian Clavier, who is 10 years her senior.

The actor notes: “I love playing with him! Long before Les Profs, we made Les Visiteurs together, which left us with great memories of laughter. Crazy fun that he brings to being on set and playing with his partners. Playing the piano. Really means fun. I’m much more I’m cerebral, waiting for my brain to let go; I almost pass out to really be with my partner.”

For his part, Klavier explains that he did a lot of improvisation with his playing partner: “He is a great partner with whom I am very good friends. This pairing was interesting because she plays a woman who is very funny and very evil, a perfectly intrusive mother who ate her son’s life. We had the pleasure of improvising long scenes with Isabel and were pleased with what we discovered.”

Me, the ugly and the inspiration

However, when writing the feature film, Pierre-François Martin-Laval did not immediately consider an actor from the Splendid group for the role of Potiphar. The character really reminded him of another good movie villain…

“To portray this poor man, I imagined a boy like Gru, ugly and evil. But I have to say that Christian Clavier and I got on well on the set of ‘Professors’ and I really wanted to work with him. An idol. It was a great way to get together. He After playing him as a very slow guy, putting me in a painkiller man costume, I was interested.”

And Christian Clavier took the role very quickly, especially because of the subject matter. “It’s the theme of revenge, the Monte Cristo side of the story, that I liked because it offers so many good sources. The story begins with a difficult situation for a teacher who is faced with extremely turbulent and cruel children, but this boy is convinced that revenge is best served cold, taking revenge after twenty years rather badly.

I really liked the idea of ​​doing this in a movie aimed at a younger audience because it’s not silly and the comedy is likely to be watched with suspense and interest.– he announced in the press conference.

Master Putifard’s Revenge In theaters this Wednesday, June 28, there will be a reveal.