Synopsis: Summer of Tomorrows
Meet Daniel Kellam,
a twenty-six year old mentally retarded man leading a sheltered
life with his police officer brother Alex, and the people who take
care of him.
Daniel's existence is simple, revolving around his daily visits
to the park and the music he listens to on his portable CD player.
His nights are simpler, as he sits in his bedroom surrounded by
the things he values the most: his pet goldfish and the musical
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As Daniel sits there alone, he
often hears the quiet notes of a piano drifting through his window
as the young woman down the street practices. On a night that
would change the rest of his life, Daniel wanders down the street
to meet this young woman named Kenna, and to show her that he
has written down the music she was practicing.
He offers to show her where she's
making mistakes, revealing for the first time that despite his
handicap, he has an amazing gift. Concerned for him, Kenna tries
to convince him to go home, but when her college roommates and
their rowdy friends return, things go terribly wrong.
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Confused and agitated by the hectic
activity and the ridicule of a college prankster, Daniel finds
himself fleeing, running blindly into the path of an oncoming
car seemingly killing him. Thought to be dead, his caretakers
and his brother Alex are shocked to find out from the hospital
that Daniel is alive and well.
With no memory of the accident,
Daniel returns home, seemingly unchanged. In the days that follow
however, things slowly begin to happen in the form of small miracles.
Daniel's goldfish, which had died while he was away, comes back
to life in his presence. His speech improves and is no longer
slurred and he doesn't have difficulty walking anymore.
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Though he can no longer read the
notes in his musical art, he learns that he can play the piano
masterfully and knows things he can't remember learning, including
what other people are thinking. As his skills develop, Daniel
marshals the courage to ask Kenna out for an evening.
What follows is a night on the
town ranging from intimate exchanges on the grandiose steps of
the historic town courthouse, where Daniel learns that Kenna is
suffering from a terminal disease, to a "Grease" style dance off
at a downtown nightclub.
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As the night comes to a close,
Daniel recounts the unique nature of his new life and falls asleep
for the first time since the accident weeks earlier. Days later,
not having heard from him, Kenna finds Daniel sitting in the park
he used to visit so frequently.
But something is
horribly wrong. He has aged twenty years since the time she had
last seen him, and suddenly they find their fates tragically aligned.
What ensues is a search for the answers that will ultimately define
Daniel's existence, and save that of the woman he has come to
love.
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