Microcosmos
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe (1996)
Timing:
1:20 (80 min)
7.534/10
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Release date
1996-09-06
Country
France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
Production
Canal+, Miramax, Eurimages, France 2 Cinéma, CNC, TSR, Bac Films, PROCIREP, Galatée Films, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Conseil Général de l'Aveyron, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou, Crédit Agricole, Agencie Jules Verne, Office Fédéral de la Culture, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
Genre
Documentary
Budget
$5 750 000
Revenue
$1 433 210 000
Director
Scenario
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Audition
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.
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