 Dr. Joe Darrow s (Kevin Costner) wife Emily (Susanna Thompson) has died in a bus accident in South America, and he s slowly learning how to cope with her death...until dead and dying patients start to speak to him in his wife s voice. With each new message he becomes more convinced she s trying to contact him, to tell him something important. But what? Is he just insane? Is she speaking to him from beyond the grave? Or is she still alive?