War of the Buttons Page #6

Synopsis: The school boys of two villages in France are fighting. Their trophy are the buttons they will snatch from the enemy. This fight will bring those kids to everlasting friendship...eventually.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): Yves Robert
Production: Comet Films
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Year:
1962
90 min
399 Views


not kill him.

Who's the nitwit who threw that?

Nitwit yourself!

Anyhow, it's defused.

You'd have to be from Longeverne

to do such a stupid trick.

You didn't say that when we got

drunk at your place the other day.

- No, but I used to 40 years ago.

- Well, your sister is ugly.

She may be ugly,

but she's still too good for you!

Get out of here, Velrans.

You're in Longeverne territory.

Who says that?

Damn it!

First warning.

Second warning.

Fire!

To hell with the Velrans!

To hell with the Longeverne!

Creeps! Dumb-asses!

Soft balls!

What happened? Is anybody hurt?

I don't know

how a real one got in there.

I could slap a fine on you!

You just reminded me.

I was gonna go fishing with it.

God!

- Let's have a drink to recover.

- There's enough for everyone.

about the quality.

If it keeps going,

you're gonna see my--

My pants are bursting

at the seams

If it keeps going

you're gonna see--

- They didn't get him.

- I knew he wouldn't get caught.

Hey, you found some buddies.

Now, let's have a bite.

They're not gonna come bug us.

Don't move, I'll be back.

Find him.

Go, otherwise you'll lead

the dogs to me.

Sorry, my friends, they're gonna

go after you or after me.

Don't be mad at me. Run fast.

The two of us will manage.

If he's really drowned,

we'll need divers.

My boy is not the kind

to commit suicide.

Sorry, buddy.

I have no other choice.

You keep quiet. Let me sleep.

Lebraque!

Lebraque! The teacher said

not to do something stupid!

Loggers, sir! Can we go see them?

Yes, but be careful.

Give me your hand.

Camus, what kind of tree

are they cutting down?

An oak, sir.

- What will they do with it?

- They'll feed it to the pigs.

You feed its acorns to the pigs,

but what about the wood?

- They'll make furniture, sir.

- Very good.

- Freedom or Death!

- Lebraque!

See, you'll be able to put

your personal belongings here.

Come on, it's not a prison.

Is it?

Another tough cookie, huh?

I'll be back next Thursday.

If you behave, they won't keep you

here very long. I'll see to it.

By the way, what should I tell

your father?

Tell him he could have

brought me himself.

Bye, little guy. Behave.

Excuse me, sir.

I know this one too.

Is he in the same dorm?

He's new too.

Don't leave them together or

there's gonna be some rough stuff.

Believe me, I know them firsthand.

That's how I make a living.

A very meager living,

I might add.

Are you new too?

Laztec.

Lebraque.

- What are you doing here?

- It's my dad. And you?

Me too.

- I can't believe it! Laztec!

- Lebraque!

- Good old Laztec!

- Good old Lebraque!

The creeps.

To think that when we're big

we'll be as dumb as they are.

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Louis Pergaud

Louis Pergaud (22 January 1882 – 8 April 1915) was a French writer and soldier, whose principal works were known as "Animal Stories" due to his featuring animals of the Franche-Comté in lead roles. His most notable work was the novel La Guerre des boutons (1912) (English: The War of the Buttons). It has been reprinted more than 30 times, and is included on the French high-school curriculum.A schoolteacher by profession, Pergaud came into conflict with Roman Catholic authorities over the implementation of the Third French Republic's separation of Church and State enacted in 1905. In 1907 Pergaud chose to move to Paris to pursue his literary career. Pergaud's prose works are often considered to reflect the influences of Realist, Decadent and Symbolist movements. He was killed at age 33 in April 1915, by French fire while in a field hospital behind German lines; he was serving with the French Army near Marchéville-en-Woëvre during the First World War. The War of the Buttons has been adapted five times as a film, four times in French productions and once in an Irish one. It was adapted most recently in France in two films released the same week in September 2011. Both were set during the twentieth century. more…

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