Pamela Quinn

Lorsque le violoncelliste d’un quatuor à cordes de renommée mondiale apprend qu’il est atteint de la maladie de Parkinson, l’avenir du groupe ne tient plus qu’à un fil. Entre les émotions refoulées, les egos et les passions incontrôlables qui se déchaînent alors, la longue amitié qui unit les quatre virtuoses menace de voler en éclats. À la veille du concert qui célèbrera leur 25e et sans doute ultime anniversaire, seuls leurs liens étroits et le pouvoir de la musique peuvent encore préserver ce qu’ils ont construit.

When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sure he's there if his father ever regains consciousness. As he hates his job as a schoolteacher, and his home-life with his wife, her senile mother and their insolent teenage son, he has no qualms about lingering around the hospital. But as days turn into weeks, his father obstinately refuses to 'slip away', and Denis' motivation for staying by his father's bedside has more and more to do with Valery, a young nurse.