Following her sister's disappearance, a Native American hustler kidnaps her niece from the child's white grandparents and sets out for the state powwow in hopes of keeping what is left of their family intact.
Bang, bang, you're dead. No, really dead. A group of twelve year old kids play war in a forest but the audience views the action through their eyes. They fire real machine guns, hear mortars exploding around them, and dodge bloody shrapnel from grenades. I Declare War is a movie for young and adult audiences alike, featuring twelve to thirteen year old actors in the tradition of Stand By Me. With overtones of Lord of the Flies, I Declare War is a parable for not only events broadcast nightly on newscasts throughout the world, but a chilling depiction of the capacity for youth and man to take charge and to win at all costs.
应是举家同欢的新婚之夜，新郎与新娘却彻夜不见踪影。未久，绑架恐吓如恶梦袭来，赎金之高令人绝望，在家族工坊勉力谋生的姊姊，完全无力负担。然而，为了挚爱胞弟与家族颜面，她必须在有限时间用尽一切手段，在传统封闭的犹太部落筹措救命之财……。师事俄国大师苏古诺夫的导演巴拉果夫，改编家乡真实故事，运用特别比例景框巧妙表现人际间的远近亲疏，穿越宗教传统与政治现实的沉痾，不停叩问心中的家庭核心价值：自我牺牲。
电影将以上世纪1950和1980年代的双时间轴呈现，故事以张云林（张艾嘉饰）为核心开始，观众将看到以倒叙手法回忆1950年代年轻的张云林（李心洁饰）在二次世界大战后的生活。妹妹张云红（林宣妤饰）的过世使张云林陷入罪恶感之中，此时，她也遇见了日本籍园艺师中村有朋（阿部宽饰），协助她打造纪念花园，并开启一段揪心的爱情故事。
