Microcosmos

Microcosmos

"15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder."
  • 1996
  • 1 hr 19 min
  •  7.6  (246)
  •   Released

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.

Microcosmos
Microcosmos (trailer)

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Description
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.
  • Release Date
    1996
  • Runtime
    1 hr 19 min
  • Language
    fr
  • Rating
    7.6  (246)