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
Producers Michel Fauré, André Lazare, Yvette Mallet, Christophe Barratier, Philippe Gautier, Jacques Perrin, Patrick Lancelot, Conchita Airoldi, Jean-Marc Henchoz, Paul Lavergne
Writers Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou