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.

睽违影坛23年之后,尤杜洛斯基将压箱底的奇诡珍宝一次放大绝,以自己的人生作为蓝本,让亲儿子成为生命的化身,从童年阴影到成长追寻,所有情慾歌舞信仰仪式,全都化为华丽繁複的视觉元素,展演出一场又一场荒诞幽默、诡魅不安的心灵探索,宛如Cult版《八又二分之一》,比《圣山》更光怪陆离、比《鼹鼠》更直探灵魂。这是一部实验传记电影,绝非虚构,因为所有的角色、场景、事件都是真实的,但却也在尤杜洛斯基的生活导引叙事中,逼迫我们拓展想像力、逼近极限,攫取掌握所有转型衍化的可能性。