Droppings at the foot of the bed, walls soaked in cat urine and dozens of scared tomcats that never come out. The scene is breathtaking. The owner of this pavilion has accumulated the cats. But without realizing it, because she suffers from "Noah's syndrome", a behavioral disorder that pushes people to "collect" animals compulsively. More common than you might imagine, this syndrome can affect your next door neighbor, your aunt or one of your friends.

So what to do? How to treat it? We will see that this problem is still poorly known in France and that only a handful of specialists are interested in it. Adrien Pichon, a psychiatrist from Lyon, is one of them. Exceptionally, he opened the doors of his office to us. It helps collectors of all kinds of beasts to part with some of their residents. In the field, the SPA takes over. She visits collectors who have accepted help to make sure they haven't turned their home into a clandestine breeding...

But without this support, the passion for animals can turn into a nightmare. Sick and malnourished, the animals live in deplorable hygienic conditions. So, animal defense associations come to help them. Our camera will follow the interventions of the “Animal Assistance” foundation, which goes to private homes to seize animals, rehabilitate them and have them adopted. We will discover that sometimes collectors accumulate all kinds of animals: dogs, cats, guinea pigs, birds and even snakes!

Director: MARTIN FOSSATI