Microcosmos
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
September 6, 1996
80 min
G
FR
✓ Released 10804 days ago
Documentary
7.6
User Score
252 votes
About
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
Status: Released
Director: Claude Nuridsany
Runtime: 80 min
Budget: $5,750,000
Revenue: $1,433,008
Top Cast
Jacques Perrin
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
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