It's June 1990 and Lena, a young student from the Soviet Union, meets David in rural Denmark. There is a mystery at the heart of their initial meeting for he senses that somehow she recognises him, though they have never met. In the few days remaining to them they find a romance that appears impossible to continue. She comes from a closed city on the Baltic while he lives across a channel she cannot cross. But a Russian fairy tale, Scarlet Sails, seems to hold out the possibility of a future if only they can grasp it before the Soviet Union falls apart. A love story with intrigue, but above all with old fashioned romance, Lena and David's story will surprise all of your expectations.