The Shoe

At the height of the Cold War the white sandy beaches of Latvia were part of the Soviet Union’s frontier, well guarded and well defended. Every night, tractors would comb the coast and leave fine grooves in the sand. Trespassers of any kind who might cross the beach would leave telltale tracks and lead Soviet patrols to investigate. One morning Soviet patrolmen discover a woman’s shoe in the sand and footsteps leading to a small village. Alarms sound, troops are dispatched: an official inquiry begins. To whom does the shoe belong? What suspicious activities are taking place? Is there a newcomer in town? A three men investigative team is determined to find the shoe’s owner and her motives of being on a forbidden beach at night.