One in eight Dutch women gets breast cancer. The place where a woman may be at her most vulnerable, her most beautiful, proud and sexy, becomes a source of doubt and anger. Ingrid, Vicky and Sabrina each show the disease in different ways. The heavy and painful treatments they undergo are a temporary stage towards the hoped-for recovery that can turn back into illness at any moment. Awake in a Bad Dream shows in a very personal and intimate way how the women and their partners try to regain control of life after the diagnosis.