Nick and Celia are in love and have big dreams. They both want to start a better life in the US. But Nick's former partners in crime don't want to let him fly off unless he pays his debts. Under pressure Nick robs a gas station and by accident shoots a young police officer. Now the young couple are in deep trouble. On the run from the police they hide in a nearby villa. With the Special Forces Unit quickly on the scene, Nick takes the surprised owner of the villa, Victor von Hartenberg, as a hos