Entomologist and insect breeder ‘Jak’ is the mysterious figure at the heart of this new film from Italian-Brazilian filmmaking duo Matteo di Gioia and Luis Felipe Bueno. Jak’s covert passion—the mating, preservation, and sale of rare insects—is captured in the directorial duo's profile of the illusive scientist, revealing the contradiction at the heart of the collecting life: acts of tenderness coupled with instances of sudden violence.

"Jak is a man torn between rational, scientific principles and irrational passion. We admire indecipherable characters like him," di Gioia says. "He got into the underground breeding business to pay for his studies, and lives in a small apartment where most of the space—even the kitchen table and sink—are kept for breeding purposes alone. I like to suspend my judgement, to let the story be."