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Microcosmos
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1996 documentary film by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou
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7.6A 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.
Released: 1996-09-0680 minDir: Marie PérennouDocumentaryBudget: $5.8MBox office: $1.4M
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Jacques Perrin as Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Themes
- insect
- biology
- narration
- ant
- biotope
- nature
- woman director
- nature documentary
- poetic documentary
- documentary
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 1996 Cannes Film Festival
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country of origin
- Switzerland
- Original language
- French
- Main subject
- insect
- Cast member
- Kristin Scott Thomas
- Composer
- Bruno Coulais
- Producer
- Jacques Perrin
- Production company
- Miramax
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 80
- FilmAffinity ID
- 210875
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1996-10-31
- title
- Microcosmos : Le Peuple de l'herbe
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 8.4/10
- film editor
- Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
- capital cost
- 3800000
- box office
- 52800000
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