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War of the Buttons

Original title: La nouvelle guerre des boutons
  • 20112011
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
2.2K
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La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
In occupied France, Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but his feelings for Violette, a Jewish girl in danger of being discovered by the Nazis, encourage Lebrac to face the reality of what's happening around him.
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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 m... Read allOccupied 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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Christophe Barratier
  • Writers
    • Stéphane Keller(scenario)
    • Christophe Barratier(scenario)
    • Thomas Langmann(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Laetitia Casta
    • Guillaume Canet
    • Jean Texier
Top credits
  • Director
    • Christophe Barratier
  • Writers
    • Stéphane Keller(scenario)
    • Christophe Barratier(scenario)
    • Thomas Langmann(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Laetitia Casta
    • Guillaume Canet
    • Jean Texier
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 41Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

    Videos2

    Theatrical Version
    Trailer 6:44
    Theatrical Version
    No. 1
    Trailer 1:41
    No. 1

    Photos24

    Guillaume Canet and Laetitia Casta in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    Ilona Bachelier and Jean Texier in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    Clément Godefroy in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    Christophe Barratier in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    Christophe Barratier in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    Christophe Barratier, Guillaume Canet, Laetitia Casta, Gérard Jugnot, Kad Merad, Ilona Bachelier, and Jean Texier in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)
    Ilona Bachelier and Jean Texier in La nouvelle guerre des boutons (2011)

    Top cast

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    Laetitia Casta
    Laetitia Casta
    • Simoneas Simone
    Guillaume Canet
    Guillaume Canet
    • Paul, L'instituteur (the teacher)as Paul, L'instituteur (the teacher)
    Jean Texier
    • Lebracas Lebrac
    Ilona Bachelier
    Ilona Bachelier
    • Violetteas Violette
    Clément Godefroy
    Clément Godefroy
    • Petit Gibusas Petit Gibus
    Théophile Baquet
    • Grand Gibusas Grand Gibus
    Louis Dussol
    • Bacaillé - Mayor's Kidas Bacaillé - Mayor's Kid
    Harold Werner
    • La Crique - Smart Kidas La Crique - Smart Kid
    Nathan Parent
    Nathan Parent
    • Camusas Camus
    Thomas Goldberg
    • L'Aztecas L'Aztec
    Kad Merad
    Kad Merad
    • Le père Lebracas Le père Lebrac
    Gérard Jugnot
    Gérard Jugnot
    • Le père L'Aztecas Le père L'Aztec
    Marie Bunel
    Marie Bunel
    • La mère Lebracas La mère Lebrac
    François Morel
    François Morel
    • Le père Bacaillé, Mayoras Le père Bacaillé, Mayor
    Grégory Gatignol
    • Brochardas Brochard
    Anthony Decadi
    • Chazalas Chazal
    Éric Naggar
    • Le conservateur du muséeas Le conservateur du musée
    Thierry Nenez
    • Le joueur de cartesas Le joueur de cartes
    • Director
      • Christophe Barratier
    • Writers
      • Stéphane Keller(scenario) (adaptation and dialogue)
      • Christophe Barratier(scenario) (adaptation and dialogue)
      • Thomas Langmann(scenario)
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Many actors are recycled from "les Choristes", a movie from the same director. Some nods are present (the song "Maréchal", etc).
    • Connections
      Version of La guerre des gosses (1936)
    • Soundtracks
      Donn'moi d'quoi qu't'as
      Music by Raymond Legrand

      Lyrics by Henry Laverne

    User reviews6

    Review
    Top review
    2/10
    useless and business, not a kid story!
    The book (Pergaud's novel 1913) is now part of the public domain, that's why there're two films this year about this story.

    No very big interests, It's looks like mainly and only as a business movie.

    Despite a good mechanic and good kid casting and pictures (with a little bit too much works with numeric computer); the story is far from the film "la guerre des boutons" (1962).

    The background of the WW2 become most important than the war between the two villages. This background is here only for a most efficient drama of the story, because they don't know written and do simple and efficient story and make movie like, for example, the old one "la guerre des boutons"(1962). They forget something with the money's attractiveness: It's mainly a kids story not adults story! (They're a parallelism between kids and adults but adults have just adults place in the original one).

    ..........
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    • Jeliosjelios
    • Oct 20, 2013

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 21, 2011 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Mars Distribution (France)
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Cuộc chiến khuy cúc
    • Filming locations
      • Auvergne, France
    • Production companies
      • La Petite Reine
      • TF1 Films Production
      • Studio 37
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $47,771
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,737
      • Oct 14, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,082,409
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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