Microcosmos

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.

Country:

France,

Italy,

Switzerland,

United Kingdom,

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

80 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

Claude Nuridsany

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Company:

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

Cast:

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Crew:

Director

Director

Screenplay

Screenplay

Producer