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.

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

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