Microcosmos

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

Original title: Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe
Duration: 80 min
Release date: 1996-09-06
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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.

Documentary

Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe

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Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe

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