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Generals Without Buttons

1936 · 87 min

A gentle, old-fashioned village tale where childish feuds mirror grown-up grudges, played with warmth and a touch of wry comedy.

Directed by
Jacques Daroy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jean Murat, Saturnin Fabre, Claude May
Overview
Separated by an ancestral hatred, two small villages of the South see their infant population engaging in war, while the teacher of the first village and the mayor of the second love each other.

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Directed by
Jacques Daroy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Jean Murat, Saturnin Fabre, Claude May
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • loyalty
  • coming-of-age
  • war
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Jacques Daroy
Starring
Jean Murat, Saturnin Fabre, Claude May, Véra Pharès, Rognoni, Bouzauquet, Lucien Callamand, Nicolas Amato
Runtime
87 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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