Tonight on TV: He’s the worst student in French cinema, but everyone loves him!

Dukobu, the third! After L’Élève Ducobu and Les Vacances de Ducobu, the famous dunce, born in the early 90s in Belgian comics and the novels of Zydro and God, returned to the big screen in 2020 with Ducobu 3.

For this new school year, a major rival is coming to the school: “TGV”, the King of Scams 2.0. When Saint-Potash’s finances take a turn for the worse, the two dunces must combine their creativity to win a singing competition and save their institution.

The comedy Ducobu 3, full of energy and visual gags, marks Eli Semoun’s first production on the big screen. But the Frenchman is not satisfied with directing the film and reimagining the character of Professor Latouche. She also plays Latouche’s mother and a teacher at a rival school. “I love to dress up”He is delighted. “I want to make a film in which I play all the characters, for example Eddie Murphy In The Faulding Family…”

Mathis Grosz replaces Vincent Claude and Francois Viet as Ducobu. Those who are taking their first steps in comedy for this occasion were chosen from about 2000 boys. For Eli Semun, it’s approx“Sensitive, mischievous child, very sensitive in life as on screen.”

Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock fan Eli Semun replaced references in Ducobu 3 “very humble” Glows and psychos. “These are hints that will make adults laugh, as it were ice age one of whose voices I made”he notes. “But obviously, Ducobu 3 is intended for the youngest audience and we must not forget that they see everything, take everything…”

Finally, we note that Elie Semun has this Ducobu in his skin, as he has signed the fourth film in the saga, Ducobu Président!, released in 2022, and that he will also be at the helm of the fifth opus, Ducobu going green. In theaters April 3.

from the age of 10

Tonight on TF1 at 21:10.

Our “dunce/not dunce” quiz with Eli Semun: