Taglines: Most wars last years. This one has to be over by dinner.
War of the Buttons movie storyline. The children of Ballydowse & Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoe-laces, belts and braces of their captured opponents. This gets their opponents in trouble with parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, wielding sticks & slingshots. It’s a battle of strategic skills for the opposing leaders, Including one scene in which the principal gang uses an ancient war trick to overcome their opponents with successful and itchy results.
War of the Buttons is a 1994 Irish-French drama adventure film directed by John Roberts. It was written by Colin Welland and based on the French novel La Guerre des boutons, by Louis Pergaud. The story, about two rival boys’ gangs in Ireland, the Ballys (working class) and the Carricks (middle class), is set in County Cork, where it was filmed on location.
The film has been classified as a drama and comedy,[3][4] and the tone is frequently light and humorous. It examines issues of conflict and war, the actions and consequences of violence, and how it can divide and oppose people who can be friends as easily as they can be enemies.
War of the Buttons (1994)
Directed by: John Roberts
Starring: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara, Kevin O’Malley, John Cleere, Anthony Cunningham, Eveanna Ryan, Danielle Tuite, Yvonne McNamara, Helen O’Leary
Screenplay by: Colin Welland
Production Design by: Jim Clay
Cinematography by: Bruno de Keyzer
Film Editing by: David Freeman
Costume Design by: Louise Frogley
Art Direction by: Chris Seagers
Music by: Rachel Portman
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: September 29, 1995
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