Amour fou

Berlin, the Romantic Era. Young poet Heinrich wishes to conquer the
inevitability of death through love, yet is unable to convince his
skeptical cousin Marie to join him in a suicide pact. It is whilst
coming to terms with this refusal, ineffably distressed by his cousin’s
insensitivity to the depth of his feelings, that Heinrich meets
Henriette, the wife of a business acquaintance. Heinrich’s subsequent
offer to the beguiling young woman at first holds scant appeal, that is
until Henriette discovers she is suffering from a terminal illness