Microcosmos

Microcosmos (1996)

15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.

TMDb

7.5

06/09/1996 • 1h 20m
original-title

Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe

status

Released

production-companies

Galatée Films

France 2 Cinéma

Bac Films

Delta Images

Les Productions JMH

Urania Film

TSR

original-language

French

budget

$5,750,000

revenue

$1,433,008

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.

production-countries

France

Switzerland

Italy

spoken-languages

English

French

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