Inspired by true events, "While We Live" follows four people in Northern Denmark and how their fates intertwine in a tragic accident.

Jeppe falls for a mysterious girl from school, but their relationship is on borrowed time.

When one of the boys is about to become a father, three friends must make a decision that will change their lives forever.

Denmark, 2014. A former police officer asks Carl Mørck, head of Department Q, to find out who brutally killed his young twins in 1994. Although a local inhabitant confessed and was convicted of murder, Carl and his partner Assad soon realize that there is something in the case resolution that is terribly wrong.

Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.