Microcosmos

Documentary | 1996-09-06 | France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

7.5 / 10

80 min.

15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.

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.

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