Microcosmos
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
1996 • G • 1h 20m
7.5/10
(223 users) 
Overview
A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time 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.
7.5/10
(223 users) Cast / Crew 
Jacques Perrin Récitant / Narrator (voice) 
Patrick Lancelot Executive Producer 
Bruno Coulais Original Music Composer 
Marie Pérennou Screenplay 
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte Editor Yvette Mallet Producer 
Christophe Barratier Producer Jacques Perrin Producer 
Claude Nuridsany Director Florence Ricard Editor Marie Pérennou Director Michel Fauré Executive Producer 
Philippe Gautier Executive Producer André Lazare Executive Producer Claude Nuridsany Screenplay Thierry Machado Director of Photography
Jacques Perrin Récitant / Narrator (voice) Patrick Lancelot Executive Producer Bruno Coulais Original Music Composer Marie Pérennou Screenplay Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte Editor Yvette Mallet Producer Christophe Barratier Producer Jacques Perrin Producer Claude Nuridsany Director Florence Ricard Editor Marie Pérennou Director Michel Fauré Executive Producer Philippe Gautier Executive Producer André Lazare Executive Producer Claude Nuridsany Screenplay Thierry Machado Director of Photography 
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