When a stressed-out Wolf tells his four-year-old daughter Nina that he
can only spend ten more minutes reading her bedtime stories before
getting back to work, she wishes that they could have a million minutes
together 'on the really good things. Let's go so far away, until we have
time, ' she says. While Nina is physically disabled, Wolf feels that
what really makes her different is her complete freedom of thought,
uninhibited by political correctness and unlimited by the restrictions
of 'reality'. As Wolf comes to understand the magnitude of his
daughter's condition, he starts to reconsider what is most important in
life. Despite a huge break-through in a profession he has worked so hard
to make his mark on, he decides to step off the career ladder.
Colleagues claim he is ruining his life, but Wolf slowly learns that
fulfilling Nina's wish is worth much more than professional success.
Wolf, his wife Vera, his son Simon and Nina spend a million minutes -
two years - travelling through Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand, but
the real journey is one of personal discovery. Wolf may have wanted the
high-flying, well-paid career before Nina was born, but what does he
want now? And what does it really mean to be rich, anyway? Nina's
unique, frequently humorous world view teaches Wolf about the deeper
meaning of life, and inspires him to question his values. What starts
out as a simple experiment will forever change Wolf's family: what
happens when people take a million minutes for each other
