Two police officers - Andreas and Simon - are called for a routine intervention. On-site drug addict report finding a dealer who uses violence against his girlfriend. But this view of the small boy crying neglected will result in dramatic events, in which two families are entangled. Andreas completely unprepared for this turn of events will try to survive in the new situation.

Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Simon (Ulrich Thomsen), detectives and also best friends, leading a completely different life. Simon - freshly baked divorcee spends most of his time getting drunk at a local strip club, while Andreas leads orderly life with a beautiful wife and son. One day, the police are called to intervene to dysfunctional family. Andreas and Simon witness the shocking example of neglect, when in a closet are crying child. Soon the action to take in desperation turn out to be the main character of the result of a desperate situation, in what will be his family.

A second chance is very moving and nuanced portrait visually the people who have to deal with a tragedy. It's about those who thought that without batting an eye they are able to tell the difference between what is good and what is bad. It is also a picture taking much more than morally difficult questions about insurmountable barriers. It allows you to redefine and rediscover the meaning of humanity in a very quiet and subdued manner. The director has created a very poignant image which shows you how to quickly reject the accepted values ​​that we know when life is suddenly turned upside down.