Microcosmos

Name: Microcosmos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996-09-06
Duration: 80 min
Cast: Jacques Perrin

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

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Release Date

9/6/1996

Runtime

80 mins

Genres

Documentary

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$5,750,000

Revenue

$1,433,008

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A breathtaking visual meditation on the hidden worlds of insects, revealing profound drama and beauty in the smallest gestures of survival. Watching it feels like stepping through a doorway into an alien civilization thriving beneath our feet.