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Microcosmos (1996)

Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (original title)
G | | Documentary | 6 September 1996 (Switzerland)
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A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.

Directors:

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Writers:

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Stars:

Kristin Scott Thomas, Jacques Perrin
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jacques Perrin ... Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice)
Kristin Scott Thomas ... Narrator (English version) (voice)
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Storyline

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. Written by Will Gilbert

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meadow | spider | insect | slow motion | underwater | See All (26) »

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It's Jurassic Park in your own back yard. See more »

Genres:

Documentary

Certificate:

G | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

France | Switzerland | Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

6 September 1996 (Switzerland) See more »

Also Known As:

Microcosmos See more »

Filming Locations:

Monts et Lacs du Lévézou, Aveyron, France See more »
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Box Office

Budget:

CHF 5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$35,189, 13 October 1996, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$1,573,842, 2 February 1997
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Galatée Films,France 2 Cinéma,Canal+ See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (Miramax)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Filmed over a period of three years. See more »

Crazy Credits

In the end credits: Le Conseil Général de L'Aveyron and SIVOM des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou extend the adventure in the world of insects at the Jean-Henri Fabre Center of Saint-Léons in Lévezou, opening in 1998. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Quickie (2001) See more »

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Look at your feet.
14 October 2003 | by makenai – See all my reviews

Microcosmos is a magnificent journey, an experience to explore a world full of details and wonder. After watching this "documentary" you would never see another insect in the same way as before.

If you read some comments complaining about the little-to-non-existent narration is because they fail to understand this "documentary" is not about getting the facts straight. It is an experience and as such it is to be lived not to be told.

Sit on the grass, observe, and paint the daughter of the dragonfly.
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