Refrain from the Heart

Singer-songwriter Eva Jerome is accustomed to producing successful music, making a prolonged creative block especially difficult to bear. An appearance on Hayley Winters’s television programme feels like another frustration: Eva doubts that its celebrated host has earned her success. Their chemistry, however, is unmistakable, and audiences want more of them together. Hayley is already managing a demanding entertainment career, a teenage son and the aftermath of divorce. Eva’s abrasive assumptions complicate a connection she cannot entirely resist. Repeated professional encounters draw the two women closer despite their disagreements. To explore what lies behind their public performances, Eva and Hayley must decide whether they can set aside resentment long enough to trust the attraction developing between them.