一位声名显赫的高等法院法官Fiona Maye,她和教授丈夫的婚姻来到破碎的临界点,而一项棘手的案件又摆在她面前:是否应该强迫一位未满18岁、拒绝接受输血治疗的白血病患者活下去?Maye前去医院探望患病男孩Adam,这起谈话带给了两人深远的影响,不仅让Adam产生全新的强烈感受,也将Maye内心深藏的情感激发出来。As her marriage to Jack (Stanley Tucci) founders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.