Noise & Silence

When Jesse inherits his late mother’s cramped New York City apartment, he believes it’s his chance to finally leave his criminal past behind. A former felon with more regrets than prospects, he clings to one dream: to reinvent himself as a writer. But in a city that thrives on noise and visibility, Jesse discovers that anonymity can be its own prison.

Then one night, through the thin walls of his apartment, he hears a neighbor’s laughter, bright, alive, carried through the vent from her live-streaming setup. Lina is everything Jesse isn’t: bold, unfiltered, and visible to thousands online. Their worlds collide in a chaotic meet-cute that catapults Jesse into her orbit, and into the unpredictable, messy rhythm of a life shared in public.

As Jesse struggles to find representation for his manuscript and Lina balances her identity both on and off camera, their bond deepens into something neither expected. But secrets have weight, and Jesse’s silence about his past threatens to unravel everything. To move forward, he must risk the one thing he has always avoided: being truly seen.