Microcosmos

Microcosmos

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

1996•1h 20m•7.6/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(251)

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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Production

Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, TSR

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Jacques Perrin

Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

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