Microcosmos
# 15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
π 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.
π΅ Budget: USD
5,750,000
π Languages Available:
English
,
French
π Date Released:
1996-09-06
β Running Time:
80 mins
β Vote Average:
7.5
Beloved Cast
RΓ©citant / Narrator (voice)
Jacques Perrin