Set in 19th century Vienna, Ignac Semmelweis, a short-tempered but passionate doctor, delivers babies and carries out autopsies on a daily basis while looking for the cause of puerperal fever, the mysterious epidemic that decimates patients in the hospital.
Léna, a confused teenager preoccupied with weight issues, is preparing for her prom, but she doesn't have the perfect dress yet, and she hasn't found a chaperone. He is under constant pressure from his classmates and his mother. How can Rubens help a confused teenager?
