Luda is a woman who lives on her own on a farm property. Loneliness gets to her and she starts to hear violin music in her ears. One day she cracks and she follows the sound that actually leads her somewhere; to a cavern. A man who claims to have been practicing his music for over 100 years is in the cavern. He shows her the violin’s magic and they develop an electric connection. But he’s not to stay and needs to go back to his own time before he permanently fades away, Luda is heartbroken but knows they’ll see each other again. A year passes and another man who’s truck breaks down in front of her house rings at Luda’s door. He’s the great grandson of the magical violinist and he happens to have a violin of his own.
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