Microcosmos

Microcosmos

80 mins | Documentary | Sept. 6, 1996

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.

Microcosmos

80 mins | Documentary | Sept. 6, 1996

Microcosmos
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Galatée Films, Télévision Suisse-Romande, Les Productions JMH, Delta Images, Uranio Film
Original title Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe
Directors Renaud Dengreville, Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
Writers Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany

Cast

Jacques Perrin

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)