War of the Buttons (1995)

The children of Ballydowse and Carrickdowse engage in battles in which they cut off the buttons, shoelaces, and underwear of their captured opponents, in order to get the boys in trouble with their parents. They go to battle in mass groups of dozens, throwing stones and cutting off their opponents' buttons, etc.; sometimes they go to battle completely naked and expose... Read all

Director: John Roberts

Cast: Gregg Fitzgerald, Gerard Kearney, Darragh Naughton, Brendan McNamara, Kevin O'Malley, John Cleere, Anthony Cunningham, Thomas Kavanagh, Eveanna Ryan, John Crowley, Stuart Dannell-Foran, Danielle Tuite, Helen O'Leary, Yvonne McNamara, John Coffey, Paul Batt, Karl Byrne, Barry Walsh