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War of the Buttons

2011 · 100 min · Director: Christophe Barratier ★ IMDb 6.2 · 2,535 ratings

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Occupied France; Lebrac leads a play war between two rival kid gangs, but a girl he likes, who's Jewish, is in danger of being discovered by local Nazi sympathisers. Lebrac and the village must now respond to the reality of what's happening.

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War of the Buttons (2011) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 30%, Humor 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Humor
20%Hope
  1. Humor25%
  2. Hope20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Humor, Hope. Genres: Adventure, Family. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Humor and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 6.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 64/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Humor

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

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Tension
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 33 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionHumor
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor48 %22 %23 %48 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Humor49 %19 %26 %48 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Humor54 %16 %31 %51 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Humor60 %14 %33 %57 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Humor60 %16 %34 %55 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Humor50 %20 %33 %41 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Humor44 %16 %29 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 38′Humor48 %15 %30 %41 %
42.5 %≈ 43′Tension50 %29 %34 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 48′Sympathy51 %38 %33 %36 %
52.5 %≈ 53′Humor53 %31 %31 %43 %
57.5 %≈ 58′Humor50 %31 %30 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 63′Humor49 %38 %33 %30 %
67.5 %≈ 68′Sympathy56 %44 %48 %23 %
72.5 %≈ 73′Tension68 %52 %61 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 78′Sympathy76 %61 %69 %16 %
82.5 %≈ 83′Tension81 %64 %76 %16 %
87.5 %≈ 88′Tension84 %66 %68 %20 %
92.5 %≈ 93′Sadness85 %72 %45 %18 %
97.5 %≈ 98′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

CG
Clément Godefroy

Petit Bibus

JT
Jean Texier

TB
Théophile Baquet

Grand Gibus

LD
Louis Dussol

Bacaillé, mayor's kid

HW
Harold Werner

La Crique, smart kid

NP
Nathan Parent

Camus

IB
Ilona Bachelier

Violette

TG
Thomas Goldberg

L'Aztec

Kad Merad

Père Lebrac

Gérard Jugnot

Père l'Aztec

Marie Bunel

Mère Lebrac

François Morel

Père Bacallé

GG
Grégory Gatignol

Brochard

AD
Anthony Decadi

Chazal

Éric Naggar

Le conservateur du musée

TN
Thierry Nenez

Le joueur de cartes

TL
Thierry Liagre

Le cafetier

AG
Anne Gaydier

La mère L'Aztec

Details

Written by
Thomas Langmann, Christophe Barratier, Stéphane Keller
Type
Movies
Released
2011
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.2 · 2,535 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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