In an inner courtyard of a working-class neighborhood, in the heart of the 1950s, Charlotte discovers a barefoot, inconsolable child. She sets out to retrieve his pair of shoes, hanging from an electrical wire above their heads. Soon, neighbors of all kinds join the effort. But the task proves much more difficult than it first appears.

The story of Vincent Lacroix, a businessman convicted of defrauding thousands of investors and embezzling over $130 million in mid-2000s Quebec, Canada. Inspector and auditor Éric Asselin is mandated to monitor the activities of the Norbourg firm. Literally fascinated by the audacity of Vincent Lacroix, the investigator leaves his post and becomes his right hand man. Norbourg then thwarts the investigations and checks by embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars. But the party can't last forever when the company is surrounded from all sides.