War of the Buttons (2011 Yann Samuell film)

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War of the Buttons
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French La guerre des boutons
Directed by Yann Samuell
Starring Éric Elmosnino
Mathilde Seigner
Production
companies
One World Films
TF1 Films
Distributed byUGC Distribution
Release date
  • 14 September 2011 (2011-09-14)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

War of the Buttons (French : La guerre des boutons) is a 2011 French adventure film directed by Yann Samuell. It is one of two films based on the eponymous novel by Louis Pergaud released in 2011. [1]

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References

  1. de La Baume, Maia (2011-09-14). "A Battle at the French Box Office: Two Remakes of One Classic Film". New York Times . Retrieved 2017-11-03.