One is French and runs a care facility for the elderly, while the other is a Japanese theatre director battling cancer.
Marie-Lou (Efira) strives to introduce an innovative care philosophy based on listening and respecting residents’ dignity, despite resistance from part of her staff.
Her encounter with Mari (Okamoto) will profoundly reshape her path. By forming a deep, supportive friendship, the two women join forces in a shared struggle to ‘make the impossible possible.’
The film, Hamaguchi’s first to be shot outside Japan, can be defined as a life-affirming ode to friendship at the edge of mortality.