March 1916. A slowly dispirited Vincent has been tasked to reinforce the killing corridor. The job is inhumanly heavy. Behind the battlefield, Guillaume lives a luxurious life.

July 1917. Marie graduates her nursing education in London and returns to Belgium. She is appointed to a field hospital in the Westhoek, close to the unit of her brother Vincent. It is here where Marie is confronted with the reality of war for her very first time.