Microcosmos

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

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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.

Keywords

nature
woman director
ant
narration
biology
insect
nature documentary
french
documentary
poetic documentary
no dialogue
biotope
science
documentary film
insects
female director

Details

Status: Released
Release date: September 6, 1996
Original language: French
Spoken languages: french
Countries: France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Production: Miramax,Canal+,Bac Films,Eurimages,France 2 Cinéma,CNC,Galatée Films,PROCIREP,TSR,Urania Film,Conseil Général de l'Aveyron,Delta Images,Les Productions JMH,Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou,Crédit Agricole,Région Midi-Pyrénées,Agencie Jules Verne,Office Fédéral de la Culture,La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma,Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, TSR
Budget: $5,750,000
Revenue: $1,433,008
IMDb: tt0117040