Microcosmos

Microcosmos
1996
★★★★☆ 7.6/10
⏱️ 80 min
📅 Released
🌐 FR
Documentary
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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Criterion Channel

Crew

Director
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Writer
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Producer
Christophe Barratier, Michel Fauré, Philippe Gautier

Production

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

Keywords

insectbiologynarrationantbiotopenaturewoman directornature documentarypoetic documentarydocumentary