Microcosmos(1996)

Name: Microcosmos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996-09-06
Rating: 7.6

Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe

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

7.6(257)1h 20m1996-09-06

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.

Director:: Claude Nuridsany
Writers:: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Producers:: Christophe Barratier, Yvette Mallet, Jacques Perrin
Cinematographer:: Thierry Machado
Composer:: Bruno Coulais
Production:: Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, TSR
Budget:: $5,750,000
Revenue:: $1,433,008
Status:: Released