Microcosmos

1996 | 80 minutes | 7.5 ★ (226)

Microcosmos
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    06 September 1996

  • DirectingMarie Pérennou
  • Budget

    $5,750,000.00

  • Revenue

    $1,433,008.00

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