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.。根据亚历山大·普希金的同名戏剧改编,讲述沙皇鲍里斯·戈东诺夫的传奇故事,他于1598年-1605年统治俄罗斯。。