is a 1982 French comedic film, directed by

Claude Zidi Claude Zidi (born 25 July 1934) is a French film director and screenwriter noted for his mainstream burlesque comedies. Born in Paris, he started as a cameraman and then a cinematographer, and he made his directorial and screenwriting debut in 1 ...

. It is the sequel to ''

Les sous-doués ''The Under-Gifted'' (french: Les Sous-doués) is a 1980 French teen comedy film directed by Claude Zidi. Synopsis The students of the Louis XIV Lycée are known to constantly fail the Baccalauréat test, the school is the last in the baccalau ...

'' (1980).

Production

The film was shot between 10 August and 3 October 1981.

Roland Moreno Roland Moreno (11 June 1945 – 29 April 2012) was an Egyptian inventor, engineer, humorist and author who was the inventor of the smart card. Moreno's smart card, or ''la carte à puce'' in French, was little known internationally. However, he b ...

, the real life inventor of the smart card, was cast in the film as a "mad inventor" who creates a "love computer." Florence Guérin recalls how she gave her first line to the cinema in this film: "After passing a day doing a walk-on part, I knew that the next day they needed a girl for a nude scene, but she had a line in it. I begged Claude Zidi, going in front of his boat and he gave in, telling me that maybe the scene would be cut and that they already had another actress. Finally I shot, the scene was not cut, and the end credits read: B.B 1: Florence Guérin."

Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for ''À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actr ...

in an extra in the movie.

Release

The film was released in 1982. It was shown in Paris for 22 weeks.

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1980s teen comedy films Films directed by Claude Zidi Films scored by Vladimir Cosma French teen comedy films French sequel films Films set in Paris Films about vacationing 1980s French-language films 1980s high school films French high school films 1980s French films {{1980s-France-film-stub