呼吸死亡氣息的人們，吞吐中，叨絮地喃喃自語起來……一對家庭美滿的教授夫妻、一對正開始享受退休生活的伴侶，一對相處時間可能跨不過第三年的父子，都同時聽見驟然臨身的倒數聲響。迥異的心境，竟悄悄地和他者產生若合符節的生命學習。他們日日咀嚼著，那些心底必須直面，沒有答案的題目。雖是一幕幕的暗瘂劇場，卻讓攝影機從縫隙中，窺視到那些愛與被愛的微光。

Breathing the smell of death in and out, they murmur to themselves.

An academic couple who lead a happy life with their children, an elderly man and his wife who are about to enjoy their life in retirement and ...