Film
Microcosmos
1996 · 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.
- IMDb
- 7.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 97%
- Metacritic
- 87
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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.
Where to watch
Criterion Channel
Cast
Crew
- Marie PérennouScreenplay · Director
- Claude NuridsanyDirector · Screenplay
- Yvette MalletProducer
- Christophe BarratierProducer
- Jacques PerrinProducer
- Patrick LancelotExecutive Producer
- Michel FauréExecutive Producer
- Philippe GautierExecutive Producer
- André LazareExecutive Producer
- Thierry MachadoDirector of Photography
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 6, 1996
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rated
- G
- Budget
- $5,750,000
- Revenue
- $1,433,008
- Genres
- Documentary
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