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.。律师敖柏言(陈豪 饰)有过一段十分悲惨的经历,这段往事让敖柏言深知权利和金钱的重要,将它们视作人生追求的唯一目标。敖柏言早年生活十分困苦,幸得妻子曾宝琳(邵美琪 饰)在背后默默支持,如今,敖柏言在行业内打拼的风生水起,可在曾宝琳的眼中,最熟悉最亲密的丈夫,却日渐变成了一个陌生人。
就在曾宝琳和敖柏言渐行渐远之时,敖柏言的同行吕永恒(黄智贤 饰)在不知不觉中走进了曾宝琳的内心。再也无法假意逢迎的曾宝琳决定同丈夫离婚,可是就在这个节骨眼上,曾宝琳却遭到了袭击。醒来后,曾宝琳开始怀疑,想取自己性命的,或许正是敖柏言。。