Unlike the former Philippine First Lady, Imelda is indifferent towards shoes. To her, they are fraught with the bittersweet nostalgia of childhood, one that was marred by a difficult relationship with her shoe-maker father, Romeo. Growing up, all of hers were handmade by him. Now a mature woman, she takes a pivotal call from the morgue, spurring her search for the perfect pair of shoes for her dead father. The deeper she searches for the perfect shoes, the more she finds herself.

影片讲述了马尼拉市中心一个名叫奥利维亚的小当铺的故事，故事围绕着几个不同身份的人展开，他们分别是业主、鉴定人、保安、海员和放高利贷者，他们去的当铺并不只是一个满足个人财产抵押典当的铺子，同时也是一个珍贵的希望和梦想的象征，通过这个当铺折射出了面临全球化与现代化冲击下的普通菲律宾人的生活。