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.。讲述一位失明钢琴家Maria Theresia von Paradis,因为得到某位医师的特别治疗而重获部分视力。但当她得到视力后,上天却夺去她对音乐的敏感度,本来弹得一手出神入化的好钢琴,却因为能见到键盘而令音色变得平庸不堪。 故事根据真人真事改编而成。。