A House Without Voices

Rose, a widow fleeing the third anniversary of her husband Arthur’s death, boards a Sydney cruise seeking solitude. Sharing a cabin with boisterous Ellen, she finds a letter signed Arthur, stirring grief. On the Lido Deck, Tom retrieves her hat, sparking connection; his granddaughter Ida links them to a college past. At the Grand Ball, they dance, Rose’s emotions erupting, revealing Tom as a high-school sweetheart. The letter is his wife’s, not Arthur’s, easing her pain. They bond over shared loss, parting with a promise to write. Back home, Rose faces silence, uncertain if Tom or Ellen will reach out, her heart tender but enduring.