Astrid and Markus are firmly grounded in life. Astrid lives and loves her career as a cabaret artist, and her husband and manager, Markus, supports her with calm devotion and affection. But when they are expecting their second child, their lives are thrown into turmoil: During a routine check-up, they learn that the baby is seriously ill. The diagnosis hits them like a blind fate they must accept. Together, they want to learn how to cope. But as treatment plans, advice, and prognoses rain down upon them, their relationship is pushed to its limits. The search for the right answer calls everything into question: their relationship, their desire for a child, their life according to plan. The more time passes, the clearer it becomes that nothing and no one can take away the decision that is a decision about life and death.