War of the Buttons

1h 30m

Comedy Drama Family

7.2

For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes...

Cast

Jacques Dufilho

L'Aztec's father

Yvette Etiévant

Lebrac's mother

Bacaillé's father

Michèle Méritz

L'Aztec's mother

Lebrac's father

Pierre Tchernia

Bédouin, rural warden

Teacher at Longeverne

Claude Confortès

Nestor, postman

Henri Labussière

General supervisor

Migue la lune's father

Louisette Rousseau

Bacaillé's mother

Lebrac (uncredited)

"L'Aztec" (uncredited)

Martin Lartigue

"Petit Gibus" (uncredited)

François Lartigue

"Grand Gibus" (uncredited)

Marie-Catherine Faburel

Marie-Tintin (uncredited)

Jean-Paul Queret

Bacaillé (uncredited)

"La Crique" (uncredited)

Patrick Loiselet

Lieutenant of Lebrac (uncredited)

Christophe Bourseiller

Gaston (uncredited)

François Boyer

Priest (uncredited)

Jean-Denis Robert

Child of the Lebrac gang (uncredited)

Crew

Director, Writer, Producer

François Boyer

Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Director of Photography

Régis Forissier

First Assistant Director

Danièle Delorme

Pierre-Louis Thévenet

Production Design

Pierre-Louis Calvet

José Berghmans

Original Music Composer