Supermodel Lainey Cartwright has the perfect life - stunning looks, lots of money, a killer career and a supermodel boyfriend. When she realizes that her runway days might be over and that her boyfriend is screwing her agent, the same agent that apparently has been robbing her blind for years, Lainey panics and runs away, out into the cold and rainy Copenhagen night.

Sociology student Palle believes that money is the root of all evil and is determined to do good and save the world as a social worker, despite the fact that no one believes that he has what it takes to handle the brutal reality of society's darker side. When a real live damsel in distress crosses his path he seizes the opportunity to show everyone that they're wrong about him. But is he wrong about her?