Microcosmos

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.

Genres:

Documentary

Release:

May 20, 1996

Production:

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

Casts:

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