Cecilie and Joachim are in love and a planning to get married, but all their plans collapse in an instant. Joachim gets paralyzed in a car accident. Cecilie tries to comfort him, but Joachim is desperate. Feeling helpless, she pours her heart out to Dr. Niels, whose wife was behind the wheel of a car that hit Joachim. Niels sincerely feels sorry for her, but his sympathy goes too far. Their friendship turns into a passionate love, and it seems that Niels is glad seeing his own life falling apart too…