War of the Buttons (2011)

• IMDb page: War of the Buttons (2011)


• Rate: 5.5/10 total 574 votes 


• Genre: Adventure | Family


• Release Date: 21 September 2011 (France)


• Runtime: France:100 min


• Filming Location: Auvergne, France


• Director: Christophe Barratier


• Stars: Laetitia Casta, Guillaume Canet and Jean Texier|See full cast and crew


• Original Music By: Philippe Rombi   


• Sound Mix: DTS | Dolby Digital


• Plot Keyword: Jewish Girl | Schoolgirl | German Occupation | School | Schoolboy

Writing Credits By:

(in alphabetical order)



• Christophe Barratier  screenplay (dialogue)


• Stéphane Keller  screenplay (dialogue)


• Thomas Langmann  screenplay


• Philippe Lopes-Curval  dialogue


• Louis Pergaud  novel

Known Trivia

Plot: 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. |  »




Story: 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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Produced By:


• Daniel Delume known as executive producer


• Thomas Langmann known as producer


• Emmanuel Montamat known as associate producer



FullCast & Crew:


• Jean Texier known as Lebrac


• Clément Godefroy known as Petit Gibus


• Théophile Baquet known as Grand Gibus


• Louis Dussol known as Bacaillé


• Harold Werner known as La Crique


• Nathan Parent known as Camus


• Ilona Bachelier known as Violette


• Thomas Goldberg known as L'Aztec


• Laetitia Casta known as Simone


• Guillaume Canet known as L'instituteur


• Kad Merad known as Le père Lebrac


• Gérard Jugnot known as Le père L'Aztec


• Marie Bunel known as La mère Lebrac


• François Morel known as Le père Bacaillé


• Grégory Gatignol known as Brochard


• Anthony Decadi known as Chazal


• Eric Naggar known as Le conservateur du musée


• Thierry Nenez known as Le joueur de cartes


• Thierry Liagre known as Le cafetier


• Anne Gaydier known as La mère L'Aztec


• Vincent Bowen known as Le prisonnier


• Philippe Jeancoux known as Le résistant


• Nicolas Clauzel known as Le deuxième milicien


• Jean-Michel Coulon known as L'homme arrêté


• Elise Le Stume known as La femme arrêtée


• Sébastien Saint-Martin known as Le deuxième résistant


• Olivier Papot known as Le troisième milicien


• Baptiste Arsac known as Un Longeverne


• Benjamin Auzance known as Un Longeverne


• Paul Belin known as Un Longeverne


• Kelvyn Boubon known as Un Longeverne


• Maxime Boyer known as Un Longeverne


• Nicolas Brunet known as Un Longeverne


• Joseph Chadelat known as Un Longeverne


• Axel Combes known as Un Longeverne


• Benoît Combes known as Un Longeverne


• Florentin Coumoul known as Un Longeverne


• Tanguy De Sousa known as Un Longeverne


• William Dechambre known as Un Longeverne


• Mike Delattre known as Un Longeverne


• Louis Fraise known as Un Longeverne


• Thomas Giordanengro known as Un Longeverne


• Clément Guillec known as Un Longeverne


• Stéphane Lacroix known as Un Longeverne


• Roman Maka known as Un Longeverne


• Hugo Miramon known as Un Longeverne


• Gaëtan Nigon known as Un Longeverne


• Florian Pelissier known as Un Longeverne


• Gabin Pesenti known as Un Longeverne


• Quentin Poulet known as Un Longeverne


• Emmanuel Protet known as Un Longeverne


• Jason Rebelo known as Un Longeverne


• Ryan Rinck known as Un Longeverne


• Robinson Rivière known as Un Longeverne


• Joris Robutti known as Un Longeverne


• Fabian Rozat known as Un Longeverne


• Adam Satre Hamon known as Un Longeverne


• Nathanaël Sigaud known as Un Longeverne


• Nicolas Soule known as Un Longeverne


• Maxime Tailleux known as Un Longeverne


• Gaëtan Troupenat known as Un Longeverne


• Valentin Anouilh known as Un Velrans


• Jonathan Badeuil known as Un Velrans


• Lucas Bonamy known as Un Velrans


• Antoine Boudon known as Un Velrans


• Kevin Bruchet known as Un Velrans


• Antoine Chades known as Un Velrans


• Louis Chazelle known as Un Velrans


• Quentin Charisoli known as Un Velrans


• Loris Dejax known as Un Velrans


• Flavien Delmas known as Un Velrans


• Gauthier Delmas known as Un Velrans


• Maxime Diot known as Un Velrans


• Thomas Dufour known as Un Velrans


• Rémy Godefroy known as Un Velrans


• Thibaud Lonjon known as Un Velrans


• Bastien Majskner known as Un Velrans


• Maxime Maka known as Un Velrans


• Tanguy Martin known as Un Velrans


• Enzo Mezzacasa known as Un Velrans


• Mathieu Mille known as Un Velrans


• Joachim Payen known as Un Velrans


• Baptistin Peghaire known as Un Velrans


• Gaëtan Plantin known as Un Velrans


• Julien Raymons known as Un Velrans


• Axel Saby known as Un Velrans


• Tristan Seguy known as Un Velrans


• Vincent Tailleux known as Un Velrans


• Adrien Trouvadis known as Un Velrans


• Corentin Viannenc known as Un Velrans


• Elvin Virgille known as Un Velrans


• Eden Mazzoni known as Une copine de Violette


• Adriana Jaksetic known as Une copine de Violette


• Mattéo Chastan known as Doublure Petit Gibus


• Vincent Ferreira known as Doublure Petit Gibus



..{tab=Supporting Department}Makeup Department:


• Pascale Bouquière known as key makeup artist


• Valérie Chapelle known as makeup artist


• Sidonie Constantin known as key hair stylist


• Véronique Gely known as hair stylist


• Valérie Mendiondo known as coiffeur



Art Department:


• Lionel Callari known as property master


• Yannick Heuveline known as carpenter


• Quentin Lestienne known as decoration


• Nathalie Serrière known as assistant art director


• Lisa Ternon known as property master



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Production Companies:


• La Petite Reine (co-production)


• TF1 Films Production (co-production)


• Studio 37 (co-production)


• Mars Distribution (co-production) (as Mars Films)


• Logline Studios (co-production)


• Canal+ (participation)


• Ciné+ (participation)


• Région Auvergne (support)


• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)



Other Companies:


• Panavision Alga  camera equipment provided by



Distributors:


• Delphi Filmverleih Produktion (2011) (Germany) (theatrical)


• Mars Distribution (2011) (France) (theatrical)


• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)


• Weinstein Company, The (2012) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)


• Alta Films (2011) (Spain) (all media)


• DCM Film Distribution (2012) (Germany) (all media)


• Teleview International (2011) (Lebanon) (all media) (Middle East)



..{tab=Other Stuff}Visual Effects by:


• Laurent Brett known as title designer


• Natalène Darfeuille known as visual effects coordinator


• Adrien Garcia known as digital compositor


• David Gourmaud known as visual effects editor


• Neil Jouanjean known as digital compositor


• Arnaud Ortmann known as digital compositor


• François Pellae known as credits designer


• Joel Pinto known as digital compositor



Release Date:


• France 21 September 2011


• Spain 11 November 2011


• Germany 12 April 2012


• USA 22 April 2012 (Los Angeles COLCOA Film Festival)


• USA 12 October 2012 (limited)



MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language and some thematic elements




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War of the Buttons (2011)