Microcosmos
Microcosmos

Microcosmos

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

7.680 min
Documentary

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 9/6/1996

Runtime: 80 min

Director: Claude Nuridsany

Writers: Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany

Top Cast

Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

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