20世纪70年代，苏格兰警官豪伊收到一封信，信中称苏格兰西海岸的一个小岛——夏岛上的女孩罗恩·莫里森失踪已久，并向他求助破案。豪伊来到夏岛展开调查，发现岛上的氛围十分怪异。居民们先说不认识这个女孩，后又表示女孩已死。但豪伊没有找到女孩的尸体。失踪女孩的去向愈发不明。案件真相越来越扑朔迷离。豪伊又惊讶地发现岛上的居民是一群并不信仰耶稣基督的异教徒。夏岛勋爵更是似乎拥有极大的权力和声望。他们并不配合豪伊的调查。豪伊准备离开小岛时发现了小岛五月庆典中用活人来祭祀的传统，他准备一探究竟，然而他不知道危险正在向他靠近……

A singer struggles to dance well in rehearsal with her band. A power outage leaves her alone in the studio, reviewing her life, when a mysterious woman appears through the mirror and gives her a pair of Red Shoes. The cursed shoes dance beautifully, but endlessly. The singer is drawn irresistibly into the fey world beyond the mirror, where she must redeem three magic symbols from the mysterious woman in order to obtain release from the cursed shoes.
- Written by Karen Newcombe <kln@sirius.com>
The new film around 6 songs from the album The Red Shoes. TLTC&TC is the first "full length" film Kate directed (even though it is only 43 minutes long, "full length" is used to distinguish it from the music videos Kate directed). The plot is basically an extended telling of the lyrics of the the title cut to "The Red Shoes". The film stars not only Kate, but Miranda Richardson (from "The Crying Game"), Lindsay Kemp (Kate's mime tutor and mentor), and Lily (of whom the song Lily was written for).
1. Rubberband Girl
2. And So Is Love
3. The Red Shoes
4. Lily
5. The Red Shoes (Instrumental)
6. Moments Of Pleasure
7. Eat The Music
8. The Red Shoes