Whose boss sends her to retrieve a stolen painting?
The film is a romantic thriller that starts off by showing a daring, well-planned robbery of a very famous and expensive painting from the MNAC art museum in Barcelona, Spain. The museum has many security features that are problematic for the thieves, but because of their skill they are able to circumvent the security and steal the famous El Greco Christ Carrying the Cross on display courtesy of Victor Boyd (Ed Lauter.)After the first heist, Sandra Walker, is called by her boss Victor Boyd and sent to Spain to ensure his El Greco is returned. Victor Boyd, the owner of the stolen El Greco, is a very rich and powerful businessman who Sandra works for as an art consultant. She is called in to find the stolen El Greco because she persuaded Victor to display it at the MNAC art museum, from which it was ultimately stolen.

While getting ready for her trip to Spain to track down the missing El Greco, the audience is given some insight into Sandra's life: She is separated from an NYPD detective, Bruce, and they have a young daughter together, Allison The couple appears to be going through a bit of a rough patch, but still seem to love each other. Sandra is able to convince her husband to watch their daughter while she's away. Bruce is skeptical of the whole situation and worried about Sandra's well-being.
Upon her arrival at the crime scene in Barcelona, Sandra is reunited with an old colleague of hers, Daniel, who was brought in to consult on the investigation. It quickly becomes apparent these two have a deep history and there are many secret feelings. The two of them make a great team and quickly narrow down the list of suspects to the ruthless Russian mobster Dimitri Maximov Dimitri is portrayed as a questionable individual who seems to be scheming some sort of master plan as the art heists continue. This plays right into Sandra and Daniel's suspicion that he is the culprit.
Sandra Walker