Raymond Sampedro, a former mechanic on a ship, injured his neck in an accident, resulting in a high paraplegia and has been ill in bed for 30 years. He can't take care of himself at all. He has to rely on his four family members to take care of everything: his law-studying sister Manola, brother Jose, father Zhu Kuiyin and young nephew Zavi. Since Raymond was injured, he has lost faith in life, and his only hope is to solemnly end his life.
However, Raymond's closed world was reopened because of the arrival of two women. Julia is a female lawyer who helps Raymond to fight for the right to euthanasia. Rosa is a local woman from Raymond's family, and she tries to persuade Raymond not to give up her life easily. The destiny of the three people will be changed forever.
Like Raymond, Julia has lost her mobility due to a degenerative disease. She can only walk on a crutches. In order to learn more about the parties involved, Julia stayed at Raymond's house and stayed with Raymond day and night. Raymond's dusty past and overflowing literary talent slowly unfolded in front of Julia, and Julia was deeply attracted by Raymond. Although Julia is married and Raymond cannot leave the bed, the relationship between them has developed rapidly. Julia relapsed and was admitted to the hospital, facing the danger of becoming a vegetative at any time. She was very desperate. Raymond kept writing to comfort Julia. Although the two had different attitudes towards death, the feeling of loss of being unable to control life made the two of them feel closer and closer.
Rosa is a single mother with two children and has been emotionally traumatized. She thinks that Raymond escapes difficulties and shuts his mind, so she hopes to persuade Raymond to change his views. But with further exchanges, Rosa realized that he needed more talk and comfort from the other party. Gradually, Rosa found that he had fallen in love with Raymond.
Raymond's use of the law to fight for the right to end his life ultimately failed. Rosa expressed to Raymond that he hoped that his love could accompany him to complete the journey of life firmly, but Raymond declined. He always insisted that the person who loved him the most should help him to end his life; and with Raymond before. Julia, who agreed to end her life together, hesitated when facing death. In the end, the desperate Raymond took the poison with Rosa’s help. He got his wish and ended his life, drawing the final end to his extraordinary life, and at the same time leaving a question mark and a question mark for future generations. Exclamation point
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