Microcosmos 1996

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

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.

Release Date 1996-09-06
Runtime 1h 20m
Directors Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou, Thierry Machado, Renaud Dengreville, Hugues Ryffel
Producers Christophe Barratier, Michel Fauré, Philippe Gautier, Patrick Lancelot, André Lazare, Yvette Mallet, Jacques Perrin, Conchita Airoldi, Jean-Marc Henchoz, Paul Lavergne
Writers Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou