War of the Buttons
About War of the Buttons
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.
War of the Buttons (2011) is an adventure family film directed by Christophe Barratier. At 100 minutes long, it arrived in September 2011.
Jean Texier stars as Lebrac, Clément Godefroy as Petit Bibus, Théophile Baquet as Grand Gibus, and Louis Dussol as Bacaillé, mayor's kid. Written by Christophe Barratier and Stéphane Keller. The film began as a novel.
Members will find children in wartime, occupied france (1940-44), button, and war context in it.
Jojo Rabbit, Exorcist: The Beginning, and The Shawshank Redemption make useful companions to War of the Buttons, all filed under 1940s. It scores 5.9 out of 10 from 480 TMDB voters.