Irma (40) is a widow with agoraphobia and thanatophobia who collects dead insects in a small chest. He lives in the south of Chile in one of the rooms of his big house with his son Adrián (22). One day, Adrián gives her the news that he must go to do his drag queen show out of town for a few days, so she must stay home alone and face her fears materialized in the Queen of Insects.

When a massive earthquake hits Chile, oceanographer Camila Zúñiga must race against time to warn of an impending tsunami — but institutional hierarchy and ingrained sexism threaten to silence her before it’s too late.