War of the Buttons
La Nouvelle Guerre des boutons
Adventure
Family
The French Resistance came in all shapes and sizes.
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.
2011-09-21
fr
Cast
Director
Christophe Barratier
Théophile Baquet as Grand Gibus
Louis Dussol as Bacaillé, mayor's kid
Nathan Parent as Camus
Ilona Bachelier as Violette
Thomas Goldberg as L'Aztec
Laetitia Casta as Simone
Guillaume Canet as L'instituteur
Kad Merad as Père Lebrac
Gérard Jugnot as Père l'Aztec
Marie Bunel as Mère Lebrac
François Morel as Père Bacallé
Grégory Gatignol as Brochard
Anthony Decadi as Chazal
Éric Naggar as Le conservateur du musée
Thierry Nenez as Le joueur de cartes
Thierry Liagre as Le cafetier
Vincent Bowen as Le prisonnier