Director
Christophe Barratier
Producer
Thomas Langmann
Writer(s)
Christophe Barratier (screenplay)
Thomas Langmann (screenplay)
Philippe Lopes-Curval (dialogue)
Louis Pergaud (novel)
Stéphane Keller (screenplay) (dialogue)
Genre
Adventure / Family
Cast
Jean Texier as Lebrac
Laetitia Casta as Simone
Guillaume Canet as L'instituteur
Kad Merad as Le père Lebrac
Gérard Jugnot as Le père L'Aztec
Thomas Goldberg as L'Aztec
Distributed by
The Weinstein Company
Release Date
Oct 12, 2012
Locations
Auvergne, France / France
Language
Movie Description(Click Here To Hide)
Set in occupied France, Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but when his feelings for Violette, a Jewish girl in danger of being discovered by the Nazis, get stronger Lebrac realizes he must face the reality of what's happening around him.
War of the Buttons - Trailer No. 1
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Director Christophe Barratier adapts author Louis Pergaud's novel set in the French countryside during World War II, and following the escalading feud between two groups of youths from rival villages who seek to collect the buttons of their enemies.
