Official poster of Microcosmos
⭐ 7.6/10
Movie • 1996

Microcosmos

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

Documentary
80 min

Synopsis

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.

Where to watch in Canada?

Streaming
Criterion Channel
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Release date 1996-09-06
Original language FR
Status Released
Popularity 2