民国时期,关中名医金郎中,因受诬陷下药不当将剿匪司令何雷鸣妻子致死,被逼全家跪行为何妻送葬。金郎中为洗血耻,带大儿子金治国和田川挖掘何家祖坟,意外得到珍贵的秘方。金郎中顿生恶意,将田川埋在坟中,但却将其子收养。为了家族的兴盛,他强迫二儿子金保国与大儿媳荷花同房,生下一子。被收养的孩子为报杀父之仇抢夺了何家刚刚出生的龙凤胎,两个孩子一个落入匪巢,一个流落金家。。1934年10月,主力红军长征,根据地又面临白匪的反扑,李家坳赤卫队也跑到山上打游击。苏维埃政权李主席的儿子苏保,偷偷联络小伙伴背着大人找红军,后被李公公找回,并批评他们不该瞒着大人私自找队伍。白军靖卫团长黄静波率部杀回李家坳,对当初瓜分他家财产的赤卫队家属进行大屠杀。为替亲人报仇,孩子们自发组成少年游击队,他们巧夺枪支,伺机消灭敌人。一次李主席不幸被捕,关押在敌营的柴房里,孩子们机智混入靖卫团,摸掉敌岗哨,成功地营救了李主席,战斗中,冬伢子献出了年幼的生命。孩子们在严酷的环境下不屈地战斗着……。Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class Brits, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of England's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd, the charismatic leader of the group, whose death and last wishes sends his friends on a nostal...。