War of the Buttons (1962)
April 18, 1962Release Date
War of the Buttons (1962)
April 18, 1962Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently War of the Buttons is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Filmin
Streaming in:🇪🇸 Spain
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Jacques Dufilho
L'Aztec's father
Yvette Etiévant
Lebrac's mother
Michel Galabru
Bacaillé's father
Michèle Méritz
L'Aztec's mother
Jean Richard
Lebrac's father
Pierre Tchernia
Bédouin
Pierre Trabaud
School teacher
Claude Confortès
Nestor the postman
Paul Crauchet
Touegueule
Henri Labussière
A countryman
Yves Peneau
General supervisor
Robert Rollis
Migue la lune's father
Yves Robert
Director
Louis Pergaud
Writer
Louisette Rousseau
Bacaillé's mother
André Treton
Lebrac (uncredited)
François Boyer
Writer
Léon Carré
Producer
Michel Isella
'L'Aztec' (uncredited)
Danièle Delorme
Producer
Martin Lartigue
'Petit Gibus' (uncredited)
François Lartigue
'Grand Gibus' (uncredited)
José Berghmans
Composer
Marie-Catherine Faburel
Marie-Tintin (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Queret
Bacaillé (uncredited)
André Bac
Cinematographer
Daniel Janneau
'La Crique' (uncredited)
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Editor
Pierre-Louis Thévenet
ProductionDesigner
Patrick Loiselet
Lieutenant of Lebrac (uncredited)
Christophe Bourseiller
Gaston (uncredited)
Jean-Denis Robert
Child of the Lebrac gang (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 18, 1962
Original NameLa Guerre des boutons
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Genres
Wiki.
La Guerre des boutons or War of the Buttons is a 1962 French film directed by Yves Robert. War of the Buttons is about two rival kid gangs whose playful combats escalate into violence. The title derives from the buttons that are cut off from the rival team's clothes as combat trophies. The film is based on La Guerre des boutons, a novel by Louis Pergaud (1882–1915), who was killed in action in World War I and whose works portray a fervent anti-militarism.
The young and largely untrained actors included André Treton ("Lebrac"), Michel Isella ("l'Aztec") and Martin Lartigue ("Petit Gibus"). The character Petit Gibus's line of dialogue - uttered in frustration - "si j'aurais su, j'aurais pas v'nu" ("if I woulda known, I wouldn'ta come"), with its incorrect grammar (the correct form should be: "si j'avais su, je ne serais pas venu") has become a familiar tagline in France (the line was not in the original novel).
The film won France's Prix Jean Vigo.
The film was remade in Ireland in 1994 as War of the Buttons, in an Irish setting, and again in France in 2011, with the original title.