影片改编自加拿大小说家、剧作家皮埃尔-米歇尔·特朗布莱（Pierre-Michel Tremblay）2009年的戏剧作品《上战场》（Au champ de mars）。
导演马尔科·瓦卢瓦Marco Valois（斯蒂芬·卢梭饰）的通俗影片《愤怒》及续集同时推出，并大获成功，与此同时，他的生活也起了变化。于是，他决定停下工作去度假。当遇到一个 经历过阿富汗战场凄风苦雨的老兵埃里克·勒贝尔Éric Lebel （马蒂厄·凯内尔饰），他灵感一现，就即开拍了一部纪录片。随着两人之间的交往，他想了解这个不可预知的人的背后到底发生了什么事。可是，埃里克很难搞定。为了精益求精，让纪录片有个完美的结尾，他决定和埃里克一起驱车前往埃里克的家乡，帮埃里克与前妻萨拉Sara（玛丽-夏娃·米洛饰）及父母 （诺尔芒·达穆尔和吉莱娜·特朗布莱饰）达成谅解......

故事以国际死亡学家梅里耶（朱莉·勒布雷东 Julie LeBreton 饰）为中心，她回到家乡为母亲的遗体进行防腐处理，同时也成为她与家人团聚的契机。通过角色之间轻松和痛苦混杂的交流，电影揭示了梅里耶幼年时的一段特殊经历。在剧中，观众了解到梅里耶小时候喜欢在夜晚乱跑到别人家中，去偷看人们入睡的场景。这种行为可能反映了她对死亡和生命的好奇，也预示着她未来成为一名国际死亡学家的兴趣和职业选择。然而，故事的转折点出现在她潜入劳里尔（皮耶-加百列·拉卓 Pier-Gabriel Lajoie 饰）的家中的那个夜晚。在那里，梅里耶目睹了一场意外事件，这一事件将她的生活推入了谎言和罪恶的深渊。观众通过这个故事，将逐渐了解梅里耶的内心世界和她与家庭、死亡、以及自己过去之间的纠葛。

film directed by René Richard Cyr

Marie Lamontagne, a widowed mother of two in her forties, confesses to a murder she didn't commit to protect her daughter. Thrust into brutally unfamiliar and hostile surroundings, she first learns survival, then confronts the biggest challenge of her life: bonding with her fellow inmates and helping them take back control of their lives.

In an era of political correctness, identity evolution, protests, cultural scandals, activism, media storms, and other disputes, Jean-Michel, a 70-year-old single man, has lost all his bearings in this society. He lives in a retirement home located in a heritage building, managed with care and precision by Suzanne. Their peace is shaken by the arrival of young activists who demand the destruction of a historic fresco. Overwhelmed by an era dominated by political correctness, Jean-Michel will regain faith in humanity with the birth of an unexpected love.