Microcosmos (1996)

09/06/1996 (FR) • 1h 20m

Documentary

15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.

Overview

A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography. It includes bees collecting nectar, ladybugs eating mites, snails mating, spiders wrapping their catch, a scarab beetle relentlessly pushing its ball of dung uphill, endless lines of caterpillars, an underwater spider creating an air bubble to live in, and a mosquito hatching.

Top Billed Cast

Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$5,750,000.00

Revenue

$1,433,008.00

Keywords

insect

biology

narration

ant

biotope

nature

woman director

nature documentary

poetic documentary

documentary

no dialogue

science

insects

french

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