CinemaOSMovie · 1996 · 1h 20m · G
Microcosmos

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

76%(271)IMDbDocumentary

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 byMarie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 20m
Language
FR
Released
September 6, 1996
Budget
$5,750,000
Revenue
$1,433,008
Studios
Galatée FilmsFrance 2 CinémaBac Films

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Microcosmos (trailer)

Microcosmos (trailer)

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1 credited
Starring
Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

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Creative team
Directed by
Marie Pérennou
Marie Pérennou
Claude Nuridsany
Claude Nuridsany
Written by
Claude Nuridsany
Claude Nuridsany
Marie Pérennou
Marie Pérennou
Produced by
Christophe Barratier
Christophe Barratier
Jacques Perrin
Jacques Perrin

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