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Microcosmos

Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe

19961h 20mDocumentary
directed by Marie Pérennoudirected by Claude Nuridsany

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

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7.6 / 10
258 votes
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7.9 / 10
12,020 votes
Metacritic
87 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
97%

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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.

Cast

Jacques Perrin·Récitant / Narrator (voice)