They had met by chance forty days ago. She was a violinist with a laugh like breaking glass, and he was a man who had forgotten how to listen. She had challenged him: "Give me forty days, and I will teach you how to see the world without your filters."
It was a quote from an anonymous student's final project, from the year 2001: perfect education 2 40 days of love 2001 best
In a rigid, data-driven "perfect education" system, a rebellious student is given 40 days to complete an impossible final assignment: to scientifically engineer a genuine love story. They had met by chance forty days ago