Microcosmos (1996)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 80m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
- Stars: Jacques Perrin
- keywords: insect, biology, narration, ant, biotope, nature, woman director, nature documentary, poetic documentary, documentary, no dialogue, science, insects, french, female director
- Production_studio: 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
- Slogan: 15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Microcosmos is featured in the top rankings of 1996
- #4 in Top Documentary Movies of 1996
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.
