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- BFI identifier409007
- Date1994 (Copyright)
1994-08-05 (Release) - Production countryFrance, United Kingdom
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- SynopsisChildren's film set in County Cork, Ireland in the 1970s. Two rival gangs of boys, the Ballys and the Carricks are at war with each other and show their various victories over each other by cutting off the buttons from the clothes of their foes... (Synopsis) Adaptation of the novel "La guerre des boutons" by Louis Pergaud, which transposes the setting from provincial France in the 1940s to Cork, Ireland in the 1970s. Two rival gangs of boys, the Ballys and the Carricks, from historically opposed villages, are at war with each other. They show their respective victories by cutting off the buttons from the clothes of their enemies. (Synopsis)
- Work historyIn London Film Festival 1994. In Tokyo Film Festival 1994. Budget reported as 40M francs.
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Title
War of the Buttons (Original)
La Guerre des boutons, ça recommence... (Alternative)
La Guerre des boutons (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/292B-1F2C-E1F7-23D6-1E0C-3Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
35mm Colour Positive - Safety - Combined - Status pending
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- StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-766627
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view all - ArticlesVariety 17 Oct 1994 - Credits, ReviewLe Film Francais n2490 21 Jan 1994 - CreditsFilm West n19 Winter 1994 - InterviewScreen International n919 6 Aug 1993 - Creditsview all
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Work - 409007 - 1994 (Copyright)
France - Film - Fiction
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