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Title The War of the Buttons (Movie 2011) / Director: Samuell, Yann
Published Australia : SBS World Movies [broadcaster], 2020 November 22 at 12:10:00
[Place of production not identified] : [Production company not identified], 2011
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 44 min. 54 sec.) ; bytes
Summary An adaptation of Louis Pergaud's classic 1912 novel about the rivalry between the children from two villages. Set in the South of France in the 1960s against the distant backdrop of the Algerian War, a gang of boys aged 7 to 14, led by the intrepid Lebrac, are at war with the kids of the neighbouring township, their sworn enemies. In this uncompromising battle of honour and allegiances that has been kept alive for generations, humiliation is the most fearsome defeat and no tactic is too extreme, even if it necessitates fighting naked or accepting the help offered by Lanterne - a girl. She is the gang's new recruit, a tomboy full of panache and ingenuity, and it seems victory could now just be a stone's throw away. But it's not easy to wage war without getting caught by your parents
Notes Closed captioning in English
Classification PG ACMA
Subject Betrayal.
Gangs.
Humiliation.
Learning and scholarship.
World War (1939-1945)
Tomboys.
France.
Genre/Form Drama.
Form Streaming video
Author Samuell, Yann, director
Bertrand, Theo, actor
Bres, Vincent, actor
Chabat, Alain, actor
Elmosnino, Eric, actor
Fernandez, Théo, actor
Garnier, Arthur, actor
Le Blond, Victor, actor
Lebeaut, Paloma, actor
Lefebvre, Louis, actor
Lemire, Salome, actor
Maitre, June, actor
Seigner, Mathilde, actor.
Terrail, Tom, actor
Testot, Fred, actor
Vichard, Tristan, actor