Microcosmos(Movie, 1996)

Name: Microcosmos
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1996
Duration: T01:20:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe" (French/FR)

1h 20min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 95 votes)

Microcosmos (French: Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe, lit. 'Microcosmos: People of the grass') is a 1996 documentary film written and directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou and produced by Jacques Perrin. An international co-production of France, Switzerland, Italy and the United Kingdom, the film showcases detailed interactions between insects and other small invertebrates, and features music by Bruno Coulais. The film was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. ()

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About Microcosmos

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.

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Production countries: Switzerland, France, United Kingdom (UK), Italy

Plays in: France

Made by: Canal Plus, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Procirep, Galatée Films, Eurimages, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Miramax Films, Urania Film, Office Fédéral de la Culture, Conseil Général de l'Aveyron, Les Productions JMH, Delta Images, Région Midi-Pyrénées, Télévision Suisse-Romande, La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma, Crédit Agricole, Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou, Agencie Jules Verne

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 17 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 05/20/1996

Cast: Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas

Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Producer: Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin

Screenwriter: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Film Editor: Florence Ricard, Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Director of Photography: Thierry Machado

Composer: Bruno Coulais

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Microcosmos : Le Peuple de l'herbe"

"小宇宙"

"마이크로 코스모스"

Keywords: poetic documentary, ant, nature documentary, insect, biotope, woman director

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