A reclusive woodsman makes a silent journey through the wilderness to do a harmless bit of ice fishing. But when he finds a lone red shoe on the middle of a frozen lake, the man's isolated existence turns increasingly paranoid. What follows is a haunting examination of a broken man's life as he attempts to seek solace in the discovery of a mysterious woman he finds sleeping in the snow. What follows is a haunting meditation on the struggle for self-actualization amidst opposing stereotypes in the conflicted culture of Canadian nationalism.