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La guerre des boutons

Generals Without Buttons (USA: undefined)
War of the Buttons (United Kingdom)

My Rating: /10
Rating:  6.5/10  Votes:  ( 24 )    IMDb

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Release:
1962 April, 18
Country:
France
Runtime:
90 minutes
Genre:
Comedy
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In this gentle anti-war comedy, a class of French schoolboys divides into two factions who begin to battle each other, with the victors claiming the buttons off the clothes of the vanquished. One day, some of the boys pull a strategic coup by running into battle naked, therefore leaving their enemies nothing to steal. However, after this stunning victory, one of their number turns traitor to the other side, helping them plot a secret attack that leaves the recent champions in defeat. The informer is eventually found out and punished for his crimes, so he takes the matter to a higher authority and tells his parents he's been beaten up by bullies. Soon Mom and Dad are making trouble for their son's schoolmates, with the culprits facing a stay in juvenile hall. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Десятилетиями две французские деревушки, Лонгверн и Велранс, находились в состоянии войны. Но это не обычный конфликт, а война между 2 маленькими армиями, состоящими из школьников, которые на полном серьезе сражаются друг с другом. Однажды они решают в качестве трофеев захватывать пуговицы, ремни, шнурки противоположной стороны. Выигрывает та сторона, которая соберет больше вещей другой стороны. Простенькая комедия из провинциальной жизни, которая пользовалась огромным успехом во Франции. В 1995 году американцы выпустили ремейк этой картины, который прошел практически незамеченным.

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Arithmetic mean = 6.5
Generals Without Buttons (undefined) USA
Gombháború Hungary
Gombíková vojna Slovakia
La guerra de los botones Argentina
La guerra de los botones Spain
La guerra de los botones Mexico
La guerra dei bottoni Italy
A Guerra dos Botões Brazil
A Guerra dos Botões Portugal
La guerre des boutons France
Hænderne op - eller bukserne ned! Denmark
Knappekrigen Norway
Knappkriget Sweden
Knoflíková válka Czechoslovakia
Knoflíková válka Czechoslovakia
De Knopenoorlog Belgium
Krieg der Knöpfe Germany
Der Krieg der Knöpfe West Germany
Der Krieg der Knöpfe West Germany
Nappien tähden Finland
O polemos ton koumpion (transliterated title) Greece
Războiul nasturilor Romania
Suuri nappisota Finland
War of the Buttons United Kingdom
War of the Buttons USA
War of the Buttons  
The War of the Buttons Canada
Wojna guzików Poland
Yumurcakların savaşı Turkey
Ο πόλεμος των κουμπιών Greece
Війна ґудзиків Ukraine
Война пуговиц Russia
Войната на копчетата Bulgaria
Пуговичная война Soviet Union
わんぱく戦争 Japan

Children's Cast:

Martin Lartigue [9] Petit Gibus
Christophe Bourseiller [4] Gaston
Marie-Catherine Faburel Marie-Tintin
Michel Isella L'Aztec
François Lartigue Grand Gibus
André Treton Lebrac

User Commentaries:

tompannerman      7 Jan 2013, 09:26
This is a truly marvellous film, which in terms of pulling out a great many stops, gives us a wonderful insight into childhood and innocence. The nearest the British ever came to this was the original B&W 'Lord of the Flies'.
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