Microcosmos (1996)
06/09/1996 (FR)•Documentary•1h 20m
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15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
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.
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StatusReleased
Original LanguageFrench
Budget$5,750,000.00
Revenue$1,433,008.00
Keywords
- insect
- biology
- narration
- ant
- biotope
- nature
- woman director
- nature documentary
- poetic documentary
- documentary
- no dialogue
- science
- insects
- french