每个认识史汀(巴里·阿茨玛 Barry Atsma 饰)的人都将他完美的生活作为典范,美丽温柔的妻子卡门(卡里斯·范·侯登 Carice van Houten 饰),乖巧懂事的女儿,收入可观的稳定工作,就连史汀自己也觉得,再没有什么生活能比现在更让他感到满意了。 然而,从卡门被诊断患上乳腺癌的那一刻起,这样的美满生活逐渐化为了泡影,看着妻子忍受着病痛的折磨和治疗的副作用,史汀发现,除了矢志不渝的陪伴在妻子身边,他帮不上什么忙。随着卡门病情的恶化,史汀心中的魔鬼也开始蠢蠢欲动起来,那是一种叫做“孤独恐惧症”的心理疾病,为了抵御挥之不去的不安,史汀开始无法自持的在外寻欢猎艳,在自责和欲望之间,史汀感觉自己即将崩溃。Handsome Dutchman Stijn is the star of an advertising agency with his buddy Frenk and a hot womanizer. The boys start their own agency and Stijn marries colleague Carmen, who accepts his incurable greed for truly meaningless one-night-stands. Even fatherhood and a move to the boring country go well, until Carmen gets breast cancer. Now their lives are turned upside-down, maybe wrecked.