War of the Buttons (2011 film)
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Director Christophe Barratier Initial DVD release January 21, 2012 (France) Language French | 6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Family Duration Country France | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Stephane Keller , Christophe Barratier , Thomas Langmann Release date 21 September 2011 (2011-09-21) Initial release September 21, 2011 (France) Screenplay Christophe Barratier, Thomas Langmann, Philippe Lopes-Curval, Stephane Keller Cast Laetitia Casta (Simone), Guillaume Canet (L\'instituteur), Jean Texier (Lebrac), Ilona Bachelier (Violette), Clément Godefroy (Petit Bibus), François Morel (Père Bacallé)Similar movies Kad Merad movies, France movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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War of the Buttons (original title: La Nouvelle Guerre des boutons) is a 2011 French film directed by Christophe Barratier.
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Plot
The story takes place in March 1944 in a small French village. The children from the neighbouring villages of Longeverne and Velrans have been waging this merciless war as long as anyone can remember: the buttons of all the little prisoners' clothes are removed so that they head home almost naked, vanquished and humiliated. Consequently, this conflict is known as the "War of the Buttons." The village that collects the most buttons will be declared the winner. Meanwhile, Violette, a young Jewish girl, has caught the eye of Lebrac, the chief of the Longeverne kids.
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Discography
The CD soundtrack composed by Philippe Rombi was released on Music Box Records label.
Reception
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 26%, based on 23 reviews, with an average score of 4.8/10. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 40, based on 14 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
