Adventure ·Family · France · 2011 · 1h 40m

War of the Buttons

La Nouvelle Guerre des boutons

Director

Cast

Jean Texier as Lebrac Clément Godefroy as Petit Bibus Théophile Baquet as Grand Gibus Louis Dussol as Bacaillé, mayor's kid Harold Werner as La Crique, smart kid Nathan Parent as Camus

Crew

Anne-Sophie Bion — Editor Stéphane Keller — Writer Christophe Barratier — Writer Louis Pergaud — Novel Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela — Producer

Tagline

The French Resistance came in all shapes and sizes.

Synopsis

Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

based on novel or book remake button war context 1940s occupied france (1940-44)children in wartime

Key Collaborators

Christophe Barratier Director Anne-Sophie Bion Editor Stéphane Keller Writer Christophe Barratier Writer Louis Pergaud Novel Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela Producer

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