Laéssio Rodrigues de Oliveira is considered by the authorities to be the greatest thief of rare books in Brazil. It’s an uncommon trajectory from a young bakery clerk, obsessed with old papers, who begins to socialize with elite art collectors, to a character in news reports. But the decision to tell this story raises dilemmas for which neither Laéssio nor the documentary were prepared for. Although in broken ways, Laéssio highlights the need for Brazil to tend to its own history.