Microcosmos

7.6 / 10

(244 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Switzerland,

Italy

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

Marie Pérennou

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Company:

Galatée Films,

France 2 Cinéma,

Bac Films,

Delta Images,

Les Productions JMH,

Urania Film,

TSR

Budget:

$5,750,000

Revenue:

$1,433,008

Cast:
Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Crew:
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Editor

Marie Pérennou

Director

Bruno Coulais

Original Music Composer

Michel Fauré

Executive Producer

Claude Nuridsany

Director