Microcosmos (1996)
September 6, 1996 (FR) • Documentary • 80m
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.
Directors
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Writers
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Top Billed
Jacques Perrin
Keywords
insect biology narration ant biotope nature woman director nature documentary poetic documentary documentary no dialogue science insects french
Where to watch
Free / Included
Criterion Channel
Criterion ChannelTop Billed Cast
Crew
Reviews
No reviews available.
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Budget
$5,750,000
Revenue
$1,433,008
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