Childhood Fantasy Meets Adolescent Reality In The New Trailer For I DECLARE WAR

Halfway into 2013, film festival favorite, I Declare War was picked up for distribution, Drafthouse Films has announced several online release date for July 26, 2013, and a wider theatrical debut set for August 30. Produced by Samaritan Entertainment, the film is directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, and based on screenplay Lapeyre wrote nearly 10 years ago, focusing on a story that blends fantasy and reality, centered around children playing fantasy wargames ultimately get out of control. Illustratively, as the filmic battle scenes between kids with toys ensues, the more dangerous it becomes, blending war fantasy with grim reality, amidst deeper and darker toned embedded in childhood emotions.

With the surreal “war” scenes having been an issue last year, Lapeyre took to Canadian media to share his thoughts on the film’s tone, telling CBC: “The violence was always intended to be real and intense, because we wanted it to be a metaphor for the emotional intensity of being that age,” He also stated, “It’s about the emotional violence that kids do to each other on a daily basis,… If we wanted to be honest of the reality of the emotional violence in kids, we had to really up the stakes in the actual violence we were portraying.”

If anything, the trailer speaks for itself, and it looks amazing as I bet the film did when it premiered in Toronto last year. Thankfully, the rest of us can take a look at this highly acknowledged film and judge for ourselves.

Check out the official trailer below and stay tuned for updates.