Directed by:
Christophe BarratierScreenplay:
Christophe BarratierComposer:
Philippe RombiCast:
Laetitia Casta, Guillaume Canet, Jean Texier, Kad Merad, Gérard Jugnot, François Morel, Ilona Bachelier, Marie Bunel, Clément Godefroy, Grégory Gatignol (more)Plots(1)
While the planet is shaken by the terrible events of World War II, another war is been played out in a remote corner of the French countryside. The children of neighbouring villages Longeverne and Velran have always hated each other. Now their battle takes a new turn: prisoners will have the buttons of their clothes removed and return home almost naked, vanquished, humiliated. The ‘War of the Buttons’ has been declared and whichever village collects the most buttons will be declared the victor. Our story folows Lebrac , a tough, troubled but big-hearted 13-year-old and Longeverne’s‘chief strategist’ and his lieutenants: Top Hat, The Cove and their mascot, Little Hat, an irrepressible 8-year-old who takes part with a hilarious seriousness. The arrival of Violette, a young girl from the city, sets hearts racing, most of all that of Lebrac, and romance follows quickly. But Violette’s appearance raises suspicions: she is of Jewish origins and has taken refuge with her alleged aunt, the beautiful Simone, with whom the village teacher is secretly in love. Will Violette’s background be discovered? Will she be denounced? (Wild Bunch Distribution)
(more)Cast
Laetitia Casta
France
Best movies:
The Ideal Palace (2018)
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (2010)
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008)
Guillaume Canet
France
Best movies:
Merry Christmas (2005)
Nina and Hedgehog's Secret (2023)
La Belle Epoque (2019)
Jean Texier
Best movies:
War of the Buttons (2011)
Kad Merad
Algeria
Best movies:
The Chorus (2004)
Little Nicholas (2009)
Welcome to the Sticks (2008)
Gérard Jugnot
France
Best movies:
The Chorus (2004)
Little Nicholas (2009)
The Tenant (1976)
François Morel
France
Best movies:
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
Tombés du ciel (1993)
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods (2014)
Ilona Bachelier
Best movies:
L'Affaire Annette Zelman (2022) (TV movie)
Raoul Taburin (2018)
War of the Buttons (2011)
Marie Bunel
France
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Le Silence de la mer (2004) (TV movie)
The Chorus (2004)
Clément Godefroy
Best movies:
War of the Buttons (2011)
Grégory Gatignol
France
Best movies:
The Chorus (2004)
The Round Up (2010)
22 Bullets (2010)
Thierry Nenez
France
Best movies:
Shut Up! (2003)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Marcelino, pan y vino (1991)
Eric Naggar
France
Best movies:
One for the Road (2009)
Daaaaaalí! (2023)
Romantics Anonymous (2010)
Thierry Liagre
France
Best movies:
The Visitors (1993)
Love Me No More (2008)
La Totale ! (1991)
Théophile Baquet
Best movies:
Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
War of the Buttons (2011)
Thomas Langmann
France
Best movies:
I Love You All (1980)
Days of Glory (2006)
War of the Buttons (2011)
Nathan Parent
Best movies:
War of the Buttons (2011)
Louis Dussol
Best movies:
Polisse (2011)
War of the Buttons (2011)
Le Temps des porte-plumes (2006)
Thomas Goldberg
Best movies:
Rock'n Roll (2017)
War of the Buttons (2011)
100% Organic (2020) (TV movie)