In a remote Colorado town when a gifted teenage musician with fatal kidney disease finds her last hope for a transplant fading, her family's fragile world is upended by a mysterious stranger whose own tragic past may hold the key to her survival.

SYNOPSIS:

Seventeen-year-old MELODIE is a gifted musician whose world has shrunk to the size of a dialysis machine. While she waits for a life-saving kidney transplant, her creative spirit is suffocated not only by her illness but by the chaos of her home life. Her mother, ISABELLA, silently battles undiagnosed bipolar disorder, trapping them both in a volatile cycle of manic cleaning and debilitating depressive episodes that leaves Melodie feeling utterly alone.

Their fractured world is pierced by the arrival of JAMES, a 22-year-old drifter haunted by the suicide of his fiancée. He has not come to this isolating mountain town for a new beginning, but for a final end, planning to let the thin, high-altitude air exacerbate his severe asthma and quietly finish what his grief started.

A hesitant connection sparks between Melodie and James, ignited by a shared love for music in a forgotten school gymnasium. Their songwriting becomes a mirror, reflecting their internal battles and forging a bond of profound, shared vulnerability. For James, the connection deepens into a painful necessity; in Isabella’s volatile behavior, he recognizes the same desperate struggles that consumed his fiancée, compelling him to intervene in a way he never could before.

As Melodie’s health deteriorates and her time runs out, a startling possibility emerges: James is a potential match for the transplant she so desperately needs. He is faced with the ultimate choice: does he follow through on his own plan to die, or does he make a courageous sacrifice that offers Melodie a chance at life, forcing himself to find a reason to live in the process?

The decision leads to a beacon of hope, but during the transplant procedure, the delicate balance between life and loss hangs in the air as tragedy strikes, leaving all their futures uncertain.

SHATTERED MELODIES