Microcosmos (1996)
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
★ 7.6 / 10 · 271 votes on TMDB
Directed by Claude Nuridsany
What it's about
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.
Cast
Jacques Perrin
Récitant / Narrator (voice)
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