Microcosmos (1996)
7.5
/10 By 226 Votes
Overview : 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 : September 6, 1996
Runtime : 80m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : Conseil Général de l'Aveyron, Galatée Films, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, Canal+, TSR, France 2 Cinéma, Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou, Crédit Agricole, Région Midi-Pyrénées, CNC, Agencie Jules Verne, Office Fédéral de la Culture, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, PROCIREP, Eurimages, Miramax
Countries : France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Keywords : insect, biology, narration, ant, biotope, nature, woman director, nature documentary, poetic documentary, no dialogue, science, documentary film, insects, french, female director
