Marie (Danielle Proulx) and Pierre Lemieux (Marc Messier), a middle-class couple struggling to conceive, seek help from doctor Antoine (Paul Savoie), who runs a fertility clinic. After their fertilization attempt is successful, they are killed in an auto accident, leaving Antoine to face the consequences of his work on cloning and human lifespan extension, as he becomes embroiled in a legal battle over their quadruplets' embryos with Pierre's father.