Daria is twenty-three years old, beautiful, smart, and with a job that every Ukrainian dreaming of escaping the miserable life in Odessa would envy. Normally, men should be lining up for a date with her, but for now, the only ones vying for her are... a charming mobster and her boss, Mr. Harmon.

Daria refuses to succumb to her boss's persistent desires and, fearing that she will be fired, decides to take a second job at the international dating agency "Soviet Unions".

In her new job - and while trying to bridge the language gap between the beauties of Odessa and the lonely Americans - she wonders if she will ever manage to escape the hardships of life in Ukraine and find true love.

So, when she starts corresponding with a kind American teacher, she decides to risk the journey to the other side of the Atlantic. However, the long-awaited American dream is not as glamorous in reality, and Daria will be faced with lost dreams, disappointment, and the disillusionment experienced by so many other women from Eastern Europe who sought paradise in the face of a man from the West...