The film tells the story of three people for a year: a son (Magimel) diagnosed with cancer, a mother (Deneuve) suffering from helplessness and a doctor (Cécile de France) to do her job: One year and four seasons for these three characters to deal with the disease, to tame it, and to understand what it means to die while alive.

一位非洲难民在法国南部一个沉睡的山城里过着平静的生活，但一位她过去认识的天主教神父的到来打破了她的平静生活。

太阳突然开始杀死它照耀的一切，从布鲁塞尔起飞的一个夜间航班上的乘客竭力求生。