洛杉矶的大龄女子朱莉娅（蒂尔达·斯维顿 Tilda Swinton 饰）是个酒鬼，每晚喝醉后就跟陌生男人鬼混，直到因迟到丢了工作，被朋友米切（绍尔·鲁宾内克 Saul Rubinek 饰）强行送去参加戒酒协会。在协会里，朱莉娅认识了邻居伊莲娜（凯特·德尔·卡斯蒂洛 Kate del Castillo 饰），后者求朱莉娅帮忙绑架自己的十岁儿子汤姆（艾丹·库德 Aidan Gould 饰）。钱迷心窍的朱莉娅决定帮忙，并打算在伊莲娜得手后从她那儿抢走汤姆，索要赎金。但事情的发展并没能全按计划发生，朱莉娅不得不直接找汤姆的富豪爷爷敲诈二百万美元；取钱行动失败后，朱莉娅带着汤姆逃到圣地亚哥以南的沙漠，并在边境警察追捕偷渡者的搜捕行动中一头撞进了墨西哥。就在朱莉娅与汤姆真正开始建立情谊之时，汤姆竟然失踪了……
本片获柏林电影节金熊奖提名，凯撒电影节最佳女主角提名（蒂尔达·斯维顿），伦敦电影人协会最佳女主角提名，并获晚间标准英国电影奖最佳女主角奖。

In the majestic tropical island of Palawan, three environmental crusaders confront murder, betrayal and political corruption in this thrilling documentary about land defenders battling to save and preserve paradise in the Philippines.
The island of Palawan in the Philippines contains one of the oldest, largest and most diverse rainforests in the world. It is also one of the most dangerous places to be a land defender. Inside this majestic tropical island, environmental crusaders confront murder, betrayal and battle to save their home for the next generation. Bobby Chan, a local environmental lawyer, leads a bold group of renegade land protectors who guard the rainforest by peacefully confiscating and dismantling the chainsaws of illegal loggers. The battle also rages on behind closed doors. Mayor Nieves Rosento of El Nido is fighting for her political life as her entire family is slandered by her opposition with support from the land developers and infamous dictator President Rodrigo Duterte. Delikado is a timely environmental thriller on how corrupt corporate and political interests are swallowing small Indigenous communities across the globe by diminishing their resources and limiting their power, one tree at a time.