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Microcosmos

Microcosmos

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

19967.61h 20m

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.

Directed by Claude Nuridsany
Written by Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
Produced by Yvette Mallet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin
Box OfficeBudget: $5.8MRevenue: $1.4M

Top Cast

Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

insectbiologynarrationantbiotopenaturewoman directornature documentarypoetic documentarydocumentaryno dialoguescienceinsectsfrenchformiga

About Microcosmos

Microcosmos is a documentary film released in 1996 exploring themes of insect, biology, narration, ant, biotope, nature. Directed by Claude Nuridsany, it stars Jacques Perrin. 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.

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