The Last Song (2010)

At 17, Veronica “Ronnie” Miller remains as rebellious as she was the day her parents divorced and her father moved to Georgia three years prior. Ronnie is considered a rebellious kid because she stole something in New York, where she lives. Once a classical piano child prodigy under the tutelage of her father, Steve Miller, Ronnie now ignores the instrument and has not spoken with her father since he left. While Juilliard School has been interested in her since she was young, Ronnie refuses to attend out of resentment to her father.

Steve now has the chance to reconnect with his estranged daughter when her mother, Kim Miller sends the rebellious teen and her younger brother, Jonah, to spend the summer with him in Georgia. Steve, a former Juilliard School professor and concert pianist, lives a quiet life in Wrightsville Beach, the small beach town in Georgia where he grew up, working on a stained-glass window for the local church to replace the one the church lost in a fire. According to the locals, Steve had (accidentally) set fire to the church one night. After arrival, Ronnie becomes miserable, defiant, and defensive toward all those around her, including handsome, popular Will Blakelee, whose introduction involved crashing into her during a volleyball match, and accidentally spilling Ronnie’s strawberry shake on her.