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.。荒凉严峻的美国西北小镇,命运交织的平凡人生兀自翻涌著。因为劳工索赔被拒,心有不甘的男子愤而携枪挟持人质,迫使女律师不得不硬著头皮隻身涉险劝说;为了建造新家,一对夫妻努力说服当地老人家出售他囤积多年的沙岩,却也让他们的婚姻裂痕隐隐浮现;为了担任法律课程的讲师,年轻女律师千里迢迢地来到偏远小社区,意外与牧场女工逐渐亲密。。影帝霍廷川在外受万人欢迎,在家却独宠娇妻沈灵瑶。为了霍廷川事业二人一直隐婚,看丈夫成为新晋影帝后,沈灵瑶自己也想实现梦想。为此,沈灵瑶应聘小剧组的群演,并且不许霍廷川帮自己。生怕娇妻在剧组受欺辱的霍廷川偷偷把影帝夫人来当群演的消息放出去。。