When does life become a fate worse than death? In this age of medical miracles, increasing numbers of doctors, patients and families are forced to face this question. Physician / filmmaker Maren Monsen offers an intensely personal look at this modern medical dilemma and its timeless implications, as she takes us on a lyrical and heartfelt quest to discover the art of dying in a world that taught her to prolong life, but offered few prescriptions for treating death.