Black ant, soldier infantryman, is involved in the vortex of war, but also of love. He is the type of experienced soldier-slacker who does not respect the strict military standards, but he performs each task successfully. The red ants, led by a clumsy general, go into offensive of the black antsќ anthill... Only at the end of the war, black and red ants learn that they fought for a jar of jam, a present one king gave the other, and which by the way has been spoiled ...