Tonight on TV: A very young Bruel and Luchin in the iconic ’80s comedy

In the 1980s, Patrick Shulman was one of the first French directors to embrace absurd Anglo-Saxon humor in favor of political incorrectness. It is in this respect that he achieves his greatest success: PROFS

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The story is about Frederic Game, a young literature teacher with very “cool” methods, who is at odds with the habits of the high school he has just arrived at. Together with his friends Michel, a plastic arts professor, Gerard, a PE professor, and Francis, a documentary filmmaker, Frédéric decides to shake up tradition, namely to take responsibility for the “expulsion” of certain teachers or staff they consider too “conservative”. .

A much larger audience and less “Monty Pythonesque” than his previous feature films Et la tendresse?… Brothel! or ears between teeth, TEACHERS no less pleasant. And this, thanks to the rest of the four main actors. Fabrice Luchin, then an icon of Roman cinema, echoes the rising Patrick Bruel, Laurent Gamelon of the theater and the versatile Christophe Bourceller.

This nugget of French comedy packs a punch with well-rehearsed gags, thoroughly caricaturing the learning environment. Patrick Shulman, who gives freedom to his delirious, caustic and cheerfully protest style, signs a film that has become a cult, which brings a real reflection of the usefulness of the school to its students.

Released in French cinemas on September 18, 1985, just a few days after the start of the school year, the film managed to unite a whole generation of viewers around it. With a total of 3 million records, TEACHERS It ranked fifth at the French box office that year.

Note that Fabrice Luchin and Patrick Bruel met in 2019 in the comedy The Best is Yet to Come.

TEACHERS Patrick Shulman with Sheila O’Connor, Patrick Bruel, Fabrice Luchin…

Tonight on 6 ter at 21:05.