Yeah, I know War of the Buttons (La guerre des boutons) is technically a family film, but any story that dives into the murky waters of kids left to their own delinquent behaviors is always of interest to me. An this French remake seems interesting.
Word is that when Yann Samuell's treatment for a new War of the Buttons was pitched at Cannes in May 2010, it generated an enormous amount of enthusiasm. Why exactly we're not sure, but producer Marc du Pontavice said this of the new film: "We were looking for a powerful idea within "War of the Buttons", an ideal that would draw an invisible link between the school of society and what Yann aptly calls a Society of Children. To make a film that talks about integration, independence and innocence - in that joyful spirit that comes with the delight of disobedience. In that respect, the...
Word is that when Yann Samuell's treatment for a new War of the Buttons was pitched at Cannes in May 2010, it generated an enormous amount of enthusiasm. Why exactly we're not sure, but producer Marc du Pontavice said this of the new film: "We were looking for a powerful idea within "War of the Buttons", an ideal that would draw an invisible link between the school of society and what Yann aptly calls a Society of Children. To make a film that talks about integration, independence and innocence - in that joyful spirit that comes with the delight of disobedience. In that respect, the...
- 6/1/2011
- QuietEarth.us
PARIS -- Mention French cinema, and most people would think of quirky auteur delights like Amelie, the flashy action antics of recent Luc Besson productions (the Taxi franchise) or the heavyweight intellectual style of such surviving New Wave stalwarts as Eric Rohmer, Jacques Rivette or Jean-Luc Godard. But on home turf, a new genre is emerging as one of the biggest boxoffice draws, capable of topping out all but the mightiest of Hollywood blockbusters. Some have dubbed the family-friendly genre "films du terroir," a reference to the land, which also has echoes of tradition and old values. "In 'terroir, ' there is the word 'terre' (earth), which implies roots. But it's also about the past, nostalgia. These are all very rich words, but I'd prefer to say these are films about humanity," says Christophe Rossignon, whose company Nord-Ouest Prods. made the pastoral hit Une Hirondelle a fait le Printemps (One Swallow Makes a Spring), directed by Christian Carion.
- 8/17/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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