Return to top
All Events
Duration: 94 minutes
Year: 1994
Scheduled: Thu 17 Nov
Showtime: 19:00
Venue:
Triskel
Tobin Street, Cork
Director: John Roberts
Producer: David Puttnam
Screenwriter: Louis Pergaud, Colin Welland, Yves Robert
Main Cast: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton
Cinematographer: Bruno de Keyzer
Composer: David Anderson, Paul Cridlin
Country: United Kingdom, France, Japan, United States
Language: English
War of the Buttons | Cork International Film Festival

War of the Buttons

94 mins
United Kingdom, France, Japan, United States
John Roberts
Wild Child Retrospective
Duration: 94 minutes
Year: 1994
Scheduled: Thu 17 Nov
Showtime: 19:00
Venue:
Triskel
Tobin Street, Cork
Director: John Roberts
Producer: David Puttnam
Screenwriter: Louis Pergaud, Colin Welland, Yves Robert
Main Cast: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton
Cinematographer: Bruno de Keyzer
Composer: David Anderson, Paul Cridlin
Country: United Kingdom, France, Japan, United States
Language: English

War of the Buttons is a timeless tale of two rival gangs of kids that warmly captures the treasures and trials of childhood. Connected only by a single, narrow bridge, the gangs from fictional towns Ballydowse and Carrickdowse, have been locked in an endless war of one-upmanship, with the victors of each battle cutting off the buttons from their enemies' clothes as trophies. Produced by Lord David Puttnam and filmed across West Cork, this iconic Irish classic holds a special place in the hearts of Corkonians! FC

This screening will be introduced by its producer and CIFF Patron, Lord David Puttnam

Go back to Wild Child Retrospective

Address:
Triskel
Tobin Street, Cork