Microcosmos
Movie| Title | Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe |
| User score | 7.5 |
| Release date | Sep 6, 1996 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Claude Nuridsany , Marie Pérennou |
| Production country | France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Production companies | Conseil Général de l'Aveyron, Galatée Films, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, Canal+, TSR, France 2 Cinéma, Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou, Crédit Agricole, Région Midi-Pyrénées, CNC, Agencie Jules Verne, Office Fédéral de la Culture, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, PROCIREP, Eurimages, Miramax |
| Budget | $5,750,000 |
| Revenue | $1,433,008 |
| Run time | 80 min. |
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.
Videos
Microcosmos (trailer)
Oct 23, 2006
