Microcosmos

Name: Microcosmos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 06 Sep 1996
Rating: 7.54
Cast: Jacques Perrin

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.

Year: 1996

Genre: Documentary

Studio: Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, TSR

Director: Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany

Cast: Jacques Perrin

Crew: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (Editor), Marie Pérennou (Director), Bruno Coulais (Original Music Composer), Michel Fauré (Executive Producer), Claude Nuridsany (Director), Christophe Barratier (Producer)

Runtime: 80 minutes

Release: Sep 06, 1996

IMDb: 7.54/10 by 235 users

Popularity: 2

Country: France, Switzerland, Italy

Language: English, Français

Budget: 5,750,000

Revenue: 1,433,008

Keyword : insect, biology, narration, ant, biotope, nature, woman director, nature documentary, poetic documentary, documentary, no dialogue, science, insects, french, female director