Stockholm

Just days before potentially fulfilling his lifelong ambition, Avishai Sar-Shalom, a leading contender for the Nobel Prize in Economics, is found dead in his bed. His four closest friends decide to keep him ‘alive’, i.e. hide the fact of his cardiac arrest, for five days – allowing him to ‘die’ with an extraordinary honour to his name. It seems like a simple task but quickly turns into an overwhelmingly complicated challenge. What begins as a tribute to a friend is the start of a revealing journey into their lives and their regrets, one that will test the very limits of their friendships. Their attempts to keep a secret will go wrong again and again – leaving viewers to wonder how far they will go to help Avishai die as a Nobel Prize winner? And is it really all in the name of friendship? This black comedy offers a refreshing angle on silver surfers who are up-to-date, with plenty of free time and in good health. Regrets are burning a hole in their bones and they have no intention of wasting the time they have left waiting for death. The series breaks stereotypes and assumptions as the lives of our 70+ year olds’ friendship, family, loyalty, professionalism, love and lust are all put to the test – and the results are not what we may imagine.