Bernadette, the mother of Guillaume, dreams of leaving the isolated world she is locked into as a result of her son's illness. Sabine, suffering from a rare illness, thinks only of escaping the protective eyes of her parents. Josepha is looking for the ideal balance so that she can live a peaceful life with her husband Jean who has Alzheimer's. In Montreal, Edith has found a real gem to support her along this difficult "Alzheimerien" road… These and other stories relate the lives of women and men, husbands and wives, parents and children, confronted with the brutal intrusion of an illness, handicap or dependency in their daily lives. With no hope of recovery, their lives, step-by-step their relationships, and their connection with the entire world are abruptly turned upside down… On the flip side, new faces begin emerging, faces belonging to people who have made the decision to support those living in the shadows.