A sabbatical year to save the planet... and mainly to dodge classes: that’s the premise of Ducobu passe au vert, airing on TMC Friday October 23, 2026 at 21:25. This French comedy by Élie Semoun, released in France on April 3, 2024, is the fifth film in the series and hands the role of Saint-Potache’s lazy student to Damien Pauwels.
A new school year kicks off at Saint-Potache, and Ducobu is already plotting how to dodge class. When he spots the path of a young environmental activist, the famous trickster hatches a new plan: pose as a defender of the planet to snag a sabbatical year. But Mr. Latouche knows his pupil well enough to doubt this sudden burst of awareness.
This pretend eco-mission, however, ends up pulling Ducobu into something a lot more concrete. With his classmates, he has to defend a green space threatened by a real estate project, all while trying to win back Léonie’s trust. The film uses environmental concerns as the starting point for another round of lies, schemes, and clashes with the Saint-Potache schoolteacher.
Elie Semoun returns to the role of Gustave Latouche, while also portraying the teacher’s mother. He also directs and co-writes the screenplay with Guy Laurent and Marc de Chauveron. Inspired by the comic books by Godi and Zidrou, the saga keeps its core drivers: Ducobu’s cheat sheets, his rivalry with Latouche, and the friction between his self-proclaimed laziness and Léonie’s seriousness.
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