War of the Buttons (1962)
La Guerre des boutons
ThumbScore
👍 90%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 41%
(MC: 41) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Jacques Dufilho as L'Aztec's father
Yvette Etiévant as Lebrac's mother
Michèle Méritz as L'Aztec's mother
Jean Richard as Lebrac's father
Pierre Tchernia as Bédouin, rural warden
Pierre Trabaud as Teacher at Longeverne
Claude Confortès as Nestor, postman
Is War of the Buttons good?
Yes. 90% audience score, estimated from 302 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 41%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
For generations, two rival French villages, Longueverne and Velrans, have been at war. But this is no ordinary conflict, for the on-going hostilities are between two armies of young schoolboys. When he is beaten by his father for having lost his buttons, the leader of the Longueverne army, Lebrac, has an idea which will give his side the advantage: next time, he and his brave soldiers will go in battle without their clothes... Wikipedia ↗
