At a Glance

In a desperate bid to revamp and revive his failing family business Charlie Price takes a chance on a cross-dressing cabaret star named Lola.

Detailed Information

With the sudden death of his father, Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) steps up and takes on the responsibility of the family’s traditional Northampton shoe business aptly named Price and Sons. But Charlie soon discovers it is not going to be business as usual and without new orders the grey cloud of bankruptcy looms. As a sceptical workforce debate their novice manager, Charlie looks to London for solutions, and in a chance encounter discovers the charismatic cabaret star, Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor), whose Soho world of outrageous fashion and stylish, erotic boots for men opens Charlie’s eyes to an intriguing niche market, a long way from the family tradition but far better than bankruptcy.

Spurred on by feisty, factory worker Lauren (Sarah Jane Potts), Charlie enlists Lola’s help to diversify and design and make erotic women’s boots for a male market. But Lola’s arrival at the family factory is greeted with ridicule and animosity, not least by Nicola. However the hapless but lovable Charlie ploughs ahead with Lola, who hiding her own insecurities, takes charge of design and employs some of her show-stopping bravado to help win over the weary workforce and bring the boots to life.