A neurologist dies in 1978. He leaves behind research on the mysteries of the nervous system, love letters to his wife, and a daughter too young to remember him.
FOR 45 YEARS, THE LETTERS STAYED FOLDED. THE RESEARCH PAPERS SAT IN ARCHIVES, READ ONLY BY SPECIALISTS WHO NEVER KNEW THE MAN BEHIND THEM. A DAUGHTER GREW UP KNOWING HER FATHER THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE STORIES OTHERS TOLD. SHE HAD QUESTIONS, BUT NO ONE TO ASK. THE DOCUMENTS WERE THERE. THE SILENCE WAS THERE. THE CONVERSATION NEVER TOOK PLACE.
A FATHER'S WRITINGS ENTER AN ALGORITHM. WHAT SPEAKS BACK IS NEITHER HIM NOR A STRANGER. IT IS A NEW KIND OF ENCOUNTER, SHAPED BY ABSENCE AND MADE POSSIBLE BY WHAT HE LEFT BEHIND.