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Microcosmos

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Movie"15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder."
Audience Score
76
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G 1 hr 20 minDocumentary
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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.
StarringJacques Perrin
DirectorsClaude NuridsanyMarie Pérennou

Movie Details

On DVD & Blu-ray:May 3rd, 2005 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$5,750,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$1,433,008 (Worldwide)
Original Language:French
Executive Producers:Michel Fauré, Philippe Gautier, Patrick Lancelot, André Lazare
Production Companies:Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images, Les Productions JMH, Urania Film, TSR
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Movie Tags:
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