Movie

Microcosmos

Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe

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

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.

Music

Bruno Coulais

Screenplay

Marie Pérennou

Director

Claude Nuridsany

Director

Marie Pérennou

Status

Released

Release date

06/09/1996

Original language

French

Budget

US$ 6 M

Box office

US$ 1 M