A young girl is forced to continue working at her machine all day in a 1930s shoe factory after a visit to a backyard abortionist. Based on the short story 'How beautiful are thy feet' by Alan Marshall.
Tras la repentina muerte de su padre, Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) tiene que hacerse cargo del negocio familiar situado en Northampton: una fábrica de zapatos convencionales, la "Price and Sons". Charlie advierte enseguida que el negocio no marcha bien y que sin nuevos pedidos irán a la bancarrota. Además, sus empleados son bastante escépticos respecto a su capacidad como jefe. Así las cosas, Charlie decide ir a Londres en busca de soluciones; allí va a parar, por casualidad, a un cabaret regentado por una tal Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor), en el que los travestis usan unas peculiares botas altas de plataforma. Charlie se da cuenta entonces de que tiene ante sí un auténtico filón por explotar en el mercado del calzado.
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
