Microcosmos (1996)

Name: Microcosmos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-06-28
Duration: 1 hr 20 min
Rating: 75
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."Movie

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G 1 hr 20 minOct 9th, 1996Documentary

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

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Cast & Crew

Jacques Perrin

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Editor

Xavier Grin

Unit Production Manager

Original Music Composer

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:Patrick Lancelot, Michel Fauré, Philippe Gautier, André Lazare

Production Companies: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

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Movie Tags:nature, narration