An everyday story about loyalty, betrayal, lust and footwear.
Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.
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Anthony Hopkins Ben Mendelsohn Alwyn Kurts Bruno Lawrence John Walton Rebecca Rigg Toni Collette Russell Crowe Angela Punch McGregor Dan Wyllie John Flaus Gary Adams Jeff Truman Toni Lamond Jillian Murray Nathan Croft Lesley Baker Rosie Sturgess Randall Berger Desirée Smith Esme Melville Mickey Camilleri Judith Graham Jacob Kino
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