Microcosmos
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
1996-09-06
France, Switzerland, Italy
80 minutes.
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.
Year 1996
Studio Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, TSR
Director Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Crew Patrick Lancelot (Executive Producer), Bruno Coulais (Original Music Composer), Marie Pérennou (Screenplay), Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte (Editor), Yvette Mallet (Producer), Christophe Barratier (Producer)
Popularity 3
Language English, Français
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