"Who is your role model ?" Sweden 2001: When attractive Human Resources professional Helena Holmquist asks this question of Professor José Soares, he begins a journey that will take him both back into his past and into his future. Portugal 1945: A man awakes on a remote beach, the sole survivor of a shipping accident. In this story of friendship and love, betrayal and regret, Neill Soley takes us on a tour spanning six decades and the length of Europe to meet one remarkable man, destined to meet his own, very special god.