索菲亚和路易丝是刚获得资格的助产士。她们很快就遇到了医院日常生活的挑战。本书敏感而深刻地揭露了一个关键职业，以及崩溃的医疗体系对个人造成的后果。

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.