Stijn loves life and life loves him. He's got his own business a wonderful daughter and Carmen (Carice van Houten) his beautiful wife. Their idyllic world is shattered when Carmen is diagnosed with breast cancer and they embark on a roller-coaster ride for survival. Though supportive at first Stijn soon escapes his new reality through an affair with the free spirited Rose. While Carmen is bravely undergoing treatment Stijn's double life spirals out of control until he finally faces up to the true meaning of for better and for worse.
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Dutch director Reinout Oerlemans's debut feature is a study of a marriage torn apart by cancer. Stijn (Barry Atsma) and Carmen (Carice van Houten) are a successful couple in their thirties. Both work in advertising in Amsterdam, and they have a young daughter together. But this seemingly perfect life collapses when Carmen is diagnosed with breast cancer. Stijn, unable to cope with the situation, finds comfort in another woman - Roos (Anna Drijver) - and slowly but surely begins to fall in love with her.
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