Con eric elmosnino, mathilde seigner, fred testot, alain chabat, vincent bres. A gang of boys, aged 7 to 14 and led by intrepid lebrac, is at war with the kids of the neighboring village, their sworn enemies. Mais, cette fois, leur guerre va prendre une tournure inattendue. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of whats happening. Une guerre sans merci, qui dure depuis des generations. The story takes place in march 1944 in a small french village. Con jean texier ii, clement godefroy, theophile baquet, louis dussol, harold werner. Amusing and fun scenes in which rival gangs of young french kids enjoin in constantly escalating battles that ultimately entails the removal of the buttons from the clothes of captured losers. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, whos jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local nazi sympathisers. With eric elmosnino, mathilde seigner, fred testot, alain chabat. Their war is a tradition that passes from father to son and without a motive but the rivalry between the peasants. The title derives from the buttons that are cut off from the rival teams clothes as combat trophies. The story of tradition, loyalty, friendship, courage, betrayal and first love can be understood in different levels and brings high values for either of them.