Suffering from an illness that is slowly destroying his lungs, Tom struggles with his short life expectancy and hangs out with petty criminals. Enter his hospital neighbour Xavier who suffers from the same illness but behaves like an athlete and infuses Tom with optimism. Tom enjoys his new friend and finds love with quirky quarantine girl Eline. But when Tom's brother dies during a lung transplant, he is devastated and breaks away from Xavier and Eline. Much later, Tom and Xavier meet again when they are both up for a lung transplant. Slowly, their friendship rekindles...