Glasgow 1924. Sandy McLean is training to be what his father always wanted to become - a surgeon. But Sandy doesn't share his father's interest in medicine: his real passion is for painting. And when he meets a friend in his local pub, he spies a second reason to become an artist: Sophie, the stunning French girl who models for the local art school. When Sandy rescues Sophie from the unwelcome advances of a drunk after a dance, he hopes it may be the start of something special.