Circumstances force the unstructured yet charming Danish Bohemian novelist, Simon, to share his flat in Copenhagen with the very organized and beautiful Swedish lawyer, Malou. Simon dreams of children and a family. Malou is solely focused on her career. Despite being in opposition they warm up to each other. But even though opposites do attract – can they also manage to live together? Against all odds their meeting sets of a chain of events, which will ultimately change their lives forever.

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.