1996·1h 20m·Documentary

Microcosmos

7.6/ 10 · 257 votes

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

Directed by Marie Pérennou

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7.6

257 votes

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.