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Manny lives with his mum in Brooklyn - on his 13th birthday he receives the new hi-tech Nike basketball shoes that he really wanted. He heads off to the local basketball court before school where his shoes are stolen and he witnesses the murder of the thief. He is left barefoot in the snow and wondering what to do.

This intelligent film sensitively captures a child's innocence and hurls it out onto the harsh world of the streets.