War of the Buttons

Name: War of the Buttons
Director: Yves Robert
Released: 1962
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Jacques Dufilho, Yvette Etiévant, Michel Galabru, Michèle Méritz, Jean Richard

1962 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 2,922 VOTES · DIR. Yves Robert

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...

Dialogue Timeline — 929 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:22 THE WAR OF THE BUTTONS

00:04:25 I thought he said "snowballs."

00:07:09 Here he comes!

00:11:08 Sit here.

00:14:30 My pants are bursting at the seams

00:19:09 Ready, guys? I got one.

00:22:16 Tell the others and go hide again in your tree.

00:24:48 Sooner or later, I'll have to pee, and guess who will get hosed?

00:29:04 - No! - I'll teach you respect.

00:32:22 Here come the Velrans.

00:36:16 I knew I shouldn't have went!

00:38:41 The money we'll hide in our fort.

00:41:45 - You'll be the dog, little Gibus. - What?

00:45:16 - Guys, I swear it was my mom. - We don't care.

00:48:15 Stop. A white flag.

00:50:54 You chickened out.

00:55:10 1 suspender clip from Greluchet, 1 shoelace from Valorin.

01:00:05 - Does everybody have bread? - Yes.

01:03:42 because we've built a rectangular parallelepiped with a 6mX3m base...

01:07:25 - We don't serve justice like that. - What justice?

01:10:09 - Who did this to you? - Lebraque and his friends.

01:14:34 You'll grow up to be a criminal.

01:18:17 You'd have to be from Longeverne to do such a stupid trick.

01:25:28 Camus, what kind of tree are they cutting down?

Cast & Characters

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

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed929

Dialogue density10.3 lines / min

First line00:00:22

Final line01:25:28

Production Record

DirectorYves Robert

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes2,922