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Microcosmos
Microcosmos

Microcosmos

7.5/10

1hr 20mins

Country:FR, CH, IT, GB

1996

Documentary
Spoken Languages: Français, English

Overview:

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.

Budget

$5,750,000.00

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

Genre

Documentary

Runtime

1hr 20mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

1996-09-06