When a Folk High School is turned into an internment camp for German refugees, the headmaster couple Jakob and Lis and their children are thrust into an impossible situation. Should the family help the refugees - or stand firm in the Danish resistance against the Germans? BEFORE IT ENDS is inspired by true events and depicts a dark chapter in the history of Denmark: The handling of 250,000 German civil refugees who came to Denmark in the spring of 1945.

The feature is a touching and nerve-wrecking drama about a family under pressure and the limits of charity.