Microcosmos

Microcosmos

80 mins | Documentary | May 20, 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 | May 20, 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 Miramax, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Bac Films, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, PROCIREP, Galatée Films, Eurimages, Télévision Suisse-Romande, Urania Film, Conseil Général de l'Aveyron, Crédit Agricole, Les Productions JMH, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Delta Images, Région Midi-Pyrénées, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou, Agencie Jules Verne
Original title Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe
Directors Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
Writers Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany

Cast

Jacques Perrin

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)