Paul Averhoff was once a great marathon runner, the gold medal
winner at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Now over 70 and forced to
live in a nursing home, Paul rejects the singing group and handicraft
classes for his old running shoes and announces that he is training
for the Berlin Marathon, which he intends to win.
After the sudden and mysterious death of her sister, a 17-year-old novitiate explores her God-given right to experience life to the fullest, during the summer of 1900 in Switzerland.