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English society beauty Genevieve Shelby King parties to the utmost with the Anglo-American artists and writers of Montparnasse. She has a rich husband, a glamorous apartment and an enormous shoe collection. But there is something hollow at the centre of Genevieves charmed life. When she spots a pair of unique and exquisite shoes on the feet of an arch rival one night, her English society beauty Genevieve Shelby King parties to the utmost with the Anglo-American artists and writers of Montparnasse. She has a rich husband, a glamorous apartment and an enormous shoe collection. But there is something hollow at the centre of Genevieves charmed life. When she spots a pair of unique and exquisite shoes on the feet of an arch rival one night, her whole collection indeed everything she has seems suddenly worthless. The exclusive designer Paolo Zachari, renowned for his fabulous shoes and eccentric behaviour, hand-picks his clients according to whim. And he has determined to say no to Genevieve. As her desire for the pair of unobtainable shoes develops into an obsession with their creator, Genevieves elaborately designed life comes under threat, and she is forced to confront the emptiness at its heart.