War of the Buttons

Here's a film about children at play, with maybe a touch of allegory thrown in. Two groups of village kids engage in an escalating war, stealing each other's buttons as trophies. It's probably more fun than actual war, one hopes.

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Yann Samuell directed War of the Buttons in 2011. See Yann Samuell's full filmography, where to start with Yann Samuell, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yann Samuell.

War of the Buttons was released in 2011 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 109 minutes.