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Microcosmos

1996 • 1h20m Documentary

Rating

7.6/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Claude Nuridsany

Marie Pérennou

Screenplay

Marie Pérennou

Claude Nuridsany

Cast

Jacques Perrin

Release date

9/6/1996

Status

Released

Budget

$5,750,000

Revenue

$1,433,008

Origin country

FR

Vote count

250