科菲和未婚妻爱丽丝正在准备迎接他们的宝宝。在孩子出生之前，他们要一起返回科菲在非洲的故乡，去获得科菲父母的祝福。但这趟旅程对于科菲来说并不轻松一一大部分时间都远离家人生活的他，被视为是会带来厄运和耻辱的社会异端。科菲并不是个例，跟他一样被贴上“巫师”或“女巫”标签的，还有必须为自己的自主权而战的叛逆的帕科、科菲的妹妹塔拉、甚至他的妈妈穆吉拉——她年轻时曾被此折磨到精神崩溃，现在却同样将其加诸之于自己儿子的身上。

4-year-old malnourished Adam is admitted to hospital off the back of a court ruling. Head paediatric nurse Lucy allows Adam’s mum Rebecca to stay by her son’s side, despite the strictly limited visiting times set by the judge. When Rebecca digs her heels in and refuses to leave Adam, things become complicated. In the interest of the child, Lucy does everything she can to help this mother in distress.

Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor, pastor and future Nobel Peace Prize laureate, meets Guy Cadière, a Belgian surgeon and atheist. Despite their differences, they unite for a common purpose: to restore the bodies and dignity of thousands of women who have been used as weapons of war in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

At the Maison des Femmes, women victims of violence are cared for. Elsewhere, they are threatened, brutalized, raped, mutilated, their suffering ignored. Here, they are listened to, supported, helped and believed. Diane, Manon, Inès, Awa and the others will give them a helping hand until they can stand up again. As a team. Even if it means risking their own equilibrium.