The film was the first in the Tales for All (Contes pour tous) series of children's movies created by Les Productions la Fête.
[1][2][3] The film involves a huge snowball fight between the children of a small town in Quebec during winter vacation who split into two rival gangs, one defending a snow castle, the other attacking it.
Luc orders them to charge, and despite being slowed by barricades, they eventually breach the fortress walls and engage in melee combat with the defenders.
[6] A Blu-ray disc, using a new 2K scan and restoration from the original 35mm camera negative, and containing both French and English language tracks, was released by Unidisc in Canada on November 24, 2015.
[7] In January 2024, Canadian International Pictures released a special edition Blu-ray with both French and English language tracks, using the 2015 2K remaster.
[8] All three versions on disc contain the 2009 documentary "La Guerre des tuques... au fil du temps".