In a Box

The film follows self-made enthusiast Valerio and scientist Sebastian, who can’t just stand by and watch their favourite animals go extinct. So as a last resort they have taken fish, geckos and salamanders to live in their own homes. As zoos can’t take these animals, people like Valerio and Sebastian could be the species’ only hope.

While the creatures thrive in their glass boxes, Sebastian and Valerio are in a constant hurry. Everything that in nature would happen by itself has to be simulated. By trial and error, they learn how to keep the animals alive and breeding. Their natural forests and ponds are disappearing fast, in Italy and Germany as well as in Madagascar. But Valerio and Sebastian keep fighting for these habitats, so that someday the animals could again have a chance in nature.

Driven by passion, curiosity and a sense of justice Sebastian and Valerio tackle the near impossible quest to change the fate of these animals. By observing these warriors and protectors of life, we get a glimpse of how this world also could be: a world where we value even the smallest of living things and where joy and friendship prevails.