故事发生在十九世纪的柏林，海因里希（克里斯蒂安·弗里德尔 Christian Friedel 饰）是一名充满了浪漫情怀的，年轻而又忧郁的诗人。海因里希深深的相信，爱情能够战胜死亡，在真正的爱情面前，任何的阻碍都是无能为力的。海因里希希望能够和深爱的表妹玛丽（桑德拉·惠勒 Sandra Hüller 饰）一起自杀，来见证两人的感情，但在死亡面前，玛丽退缩了。 　　之后，海因里希邂逅了名为亨丽埃特（Birte Schnoeink 饰）女子，亨丽埃特是有夫之妇，她的丈夫是一名整天忙于工作的商人。亨丽埃特和海因里希相互吸引的彼此，与此同时，亨丽埃特发现自己患上了不治之症，命不久矣。

　　故事发生在十九世纪的柏林，海因里希（克里斯蒂安·弗里德尔 Christian Friedel 饰）是一名充满了浪漫情怀的，年轻而又忧郁的诗人。海因里希深深的相信，爱情能够战胜死亡，在真正的爱情面前，任何的阻碍都是无能为力的。海因里希希望能够和深爱的表妹玛丽（桑德拉·惠勒 Sandra Hüller 饰）一起自杀，来见证两人的感情，但在死亡面前，玛丽退缩了。　　之后，海因里希邂逅了名为亨丽埃特（Birte Schnoeink 饰）女子，亨丽埃特是有夫之妇，她的丈夫是一名整天忙于工作的商人。亨丽埃特和海因里希相互吸引的彼此，与此同时，亨丽埃特发现自己患上了不治之症，命不久矣。

　　When the film begins, it is all over. “We know it’s terminal, and that’s all”, says Juliane of her mother Kerstin, who is in great pain and about to die aged just 64. Although the young doctor she consults acknowledges on a personal level that everyone has the right to manage their own death, he nonetheless reminds her that euthanasia is still illegal in Germany. This is even more the case at the Catholic hospice where Kerstin is staying. As relatives come to say goodbye to her mother and the emotions of memories mingle with the anticipation of grief, Juliane finds herself having to do battle with time – unbending, apathetic and monochrome – and this is superbly reflected in the convulsions of the handheld camera in wide shots.　　Based on personal experience, Jessica Krummacher’s second feature film vividly relates the painful story of losing a parent. There is no violence or morbidity, rather the director describes the most important of events via the smallest, most fragile of details – the exchanging of words, texts and tender gestures that remain with us and get under our skin.