It’s World War II, and Denmark is occupied by German armed forces.
Exasperated by the pacifist complacency of everyday life, the Danes are distancing themselves from official co-operation with their occupiers. A nation-wide grassroots’ revolt is breaking out. By August 1943, the insurrection against German force flares into lawlessness and sabotage.
In the provincial town of Odense, the Niemann family run a prosperous fashion house and factory that trades with Germans. As the insurgency builds up, vigilantes start to hunt down collaborators and ‘terrain mattresses’, women who befriend Germans.
17-year-old Maia Niemann´s passion is to work with fashion design. She is an independent and talented girl who refuses to be shaped by society and parental expectation. When Maja is unexpectedly presented to a German officer, she falls hopelessly in love. From that day, her life changes drastically. Her secret infatuation is revealed and develops into a disaster. Overnight, she becomes the target of Danish patriots, forcing her to flee to her Aunt Mille in Copenhagen to pursue her dreams of becoming a top designer. But her aunt has secrets of her own; not least, her involvement in the resistance movement. Maia is unable to keep her promise not to revisit her secret German love, so the summer in Copenhagen heats up in more ways. When her aunt is arrested by Gestapo, she is alone and caught up in the biggest dilemma of her life. The choices and decisions forced onto her will have major consequences, for her and her unborn child.
