影片改编自荷兰创畅销小说，讲述了癌症患者苏菲·史戴普勇敢面对病魔，用九顶假发体验九种不同的精彩人生的故事。苏菲(Sophie van der Stap)1983年出生于阿姆斯特丹，因热爱旅行，决定攻读国际政治学系。于2005年初，被诊断出罹患罕见的癌症──横纹肌肉瘤──她的肺部充满大大小小的肿瘤。除了化疗，还得接受放射治疗。为了记录这段岁月，苏菲开始在部落格上分享自己的抗癌点滴。
When Debbie Strand is sent to live with her elderly grandmother it is the easiest thing she could have done until things go terribly bad. Her grandmother is too controlling for Debbie and will not let her have a life. Debbie had enough and beats her to death with her cane. Now her eyes are set on her new teacher, Mr. Rinaldi. She finds out that his girlfriend is out of town and...
