Microcosmos (1996)
Original Title: Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe
Documentary
7.5 (237 votes)
1h 20m
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.
Details
- Director
- Marie Pérennou
- Writer
- Claude Nuridsany
- Original Language
- French
- Budget
- $5,750,000
Cast
Keywords
ant
biology
biotope
documentary
french
insect
insects
narration
nature
nature documentary
no dialogue
poetic documentary
science
woman director
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