Alex Cohen is living in southern China, where his father runs their family-owned shoe factory.
Alex reluctantly assumes the helm of the company.
When Alex meets a seamstress named Ivy, his sympathies begin to shift.
She is an embedded organizer of a pro-democratic Chinese party, secretly sowing dissonance among her fellow labourers.
Will Alex remain loyal to his father and his heritage? Or will the sparks of revolution ignite?.