War of the Buttons (2011 Christophe Barratier film)
| War of the Buttons | |
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| French | La nouvelle guerre des boutons |
| Directed by | Christophe Barratier |
| Written by | Christophe Barratier Philippe Lopes-Curval |
| Based on | War of the Buttons by Louis Pergaud |
| Produced by | Thomas Langmann |
| Starring | Guillaume Canet Laetitia Casta Kad Merad Gérard Jugnot |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | Anne-Sophie Bion |
| Music by | Philippe Rombi |
| Distributed by | Mars Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $14.9 million |
| Box office | $13.9 million[1] |
War of the Buttons (French: La nouvelle guerre des boutons) is a 2011 French film directed by Christophe Barratier.[2]
Plot[]
The story takes place in March 1944 in a small French village. The young people 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.
Cast[]
- Laetitia Casta as Simone
- Guillaume Canet as the teacher
- Kad Merad as Father Lebrac
- Gérard Jugnot as Father Aztec
- Jean Texier as Lebrac
- as Petit (Little) Gibus
- Marc-Henri Wajnberg as Vladimir
- as Grand (Big) Gibus
- François Morel as Father Bacaillé
- as Bacaillé
- as Crique
- as Camus
- as Violette
- as the Aztec
Discography[]
The CD soundtrack composed by Philippe Rombi was released on Music Box Records label.
Reception[]
As of June 2020, the film holds a 25% approval rating on review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews, with an average rating of 4.82 out of 10.[3] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 41 out of 100, based on 14 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]
References[]
- ^ "La Nouvelle guerre des boutons (War of the Buttons (2012)) (2011)". JPBox-Office. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ^ "The War of the Buttons (II)". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ "La nouvelle guerre des boutons (War of the Buttons) (2012)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "War of the Buttons". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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