Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe (1996)

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

Run Time: 1h20m | Release: 06 Sep 1996

Genres: Documentary |

Budget: $5,750,000.00

Revenue: $1,433,008.00

Production Countries: France, Italy, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America

7.5 / 10226 Vote Count

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.