FAQ

Camilla Belle (Dot) played almost all of them herself:

(When Dot first sees the school piano) - Beethoven: "Piano Sonata #28 Opus 101, Andante ma non troppo, con affecto"

(when Connor interrupts Dot with the lab question)- Beethoven: "Piano Sonata #26 Opus 81a, 'Les adieux', Adagio"

(when the piano string breaks)- Beethoven: "Piano Sonata #23 Opus 57, 'Appassionata', Allegro assai"

(during Nina and Paul's confrontation) - Beethoven: "Piano Sonata #14 Opus 27, No. 2 'Moonlight', Adagio"

(ending and credit scroll) - Beethoven: "Piano Sonata #19 Opus 49, No. 1, Andante"

After her father dies, orphaned deaf and mute teenage girl Dot (Camilla Belle) moves into the house of her godparents architect Paul Deere (Martin Donovan), his wife Olivia (Edie Falco) and their 17 year old daughter Nina (Elisha Cuthbert). Nina resents Dot moving in and Nina is spiteful towards Dot and bullies her. But, unknowingly to Nina and all those around her, Dot is not actually deaf and mute and Nina tells Dot that she and her father are incestuous lovers and she plans to kill him with her snobbish best friend Michelle Fell's (Katy Nixon) dad's gun, which leaves Dot disturbed. As Dot soon uncovers more dark secrets about the Deere family and that Olivia is a painkiller addict. Dot draws attention from classmate Connor (Shawn Ashmore) whom tells Dot his own dirty secrets and Dot's own secret is soon exposed when Paul attempts to rape Nina and Dot kills him and shouts telling him to leave Nina alone and Nina, Olivia and Connor are left stunned when they learn the truth that she can talk and Nina and Dot soon realize that are not so different.