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Movie Info

In 1960 France, two rival groups of children from neighboring villages use taunts and slingshots to wage war.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Yann Samuell
Producer:

Matthew Gledhill
Writer:

Yann Samuell
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 10, 2020
Runtime:

1h 49m
Production Co:

TF1 Films Production, Centre national de la Cinématographie, La Banque Postale Images 5, Cofimage 23, Région Limousin, Coficup, Umedia, uFilm, One World Films, Les Films du Gorak, Backup Films, Hoche Artois Images, Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique, uFund, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, TPS Star

Cast & Crew

Eric Elmosnino
Mr. Merlin

Mathilde Seigner
Lebrac's Mother

Fred Testot
Simon

Alain Chabat
Mr. Labru

Vincent Bres
Lebrac

Salome Lemire
Lanterne

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Critic Reviews for The War of the Buttons

All Critics (3) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (2) | Rotten (1)

Newcomer Lebres is aces, equally believable as a rousing teen leader and a pensive youth struggling with big questions and issues.

September 27, 2011 | Full Review…

Boyd van Hoeij
Variety
A war which fails to put up a real fight.

September 15, 2011 | Full Review…

Jordan Mintzer
Hollywood Reporter
The kids are crafty and retro-adorable, the morals sound and the rural nostalgia impeccably groomed in War Of The Buttons a harmlessly old-fashioned tale of youthful rivalries between two French villages in the late 1950s.

September 20, 2011 | Full Review…

Lisa Nesselson
Screen International