Stricken by sudden nervous aphonia, a perplexing case of hysterical laryngitis, young soprano Dido is inconsolable. And like a suffocating, invisible noose around her neck, the mysterious inflammation robs the ambitious opera student of her melodious voice only a few hours before the final exam. As a result, Dido holes up in her grandmother's abandoned home. As the emotionally fragile singer finds herself with her back to the wall, condemned to live a bleak life in debilitating silence, family and friends struggle to understand. Little by little, concern transforms into frustration, and suddenly, the unhealed, hideous wounds of the past come to light. Does the soul have a self-healing capacity? Can Dido's family handle the deafening silence of failure?
—Nick Riganas