Sixteen-year-old Ilay aimlessly drifts through the outskirts of Berlin. His mother, Maria, lies on her deathbed, cared for by Ana, a Mexican palliative nurse. Refusing to accept his mother’s impending death, Ilay retreats further into himself, increasingly shutting himself off from reality. Through slow, contemplative images, the film follows Ilay and Ana in their daily routines, from Ana’s quiet dedication to Maria’s care to her struggles with her own addiction. Ilay works in a logistics centre, does community service and spends his afternoons hanging out with his friends at a lake. At night, he is restless, wandering the city in a sleepless daze like a ghost. During one of his nocturnal outings, he impulsively steals a dog, prompting Ana to take him to a psychologist. There, Ilay reveals his deep-seated belief in the impossibility of death. As his mother’s passing approaches, it becomes less an inevitability and more a matter of mystery and speculation.