A documentary on insect life in meadows and ponds.
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| Jacques Perrin | ... | Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice) | |
| Kristin Scott Thomas | ... | Narrator (English version) (voice) | |
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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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15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder. See more »Genres:
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
6 September 1996 (Switzerland) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
CHF5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$35,189, 13 October 1996Gross USA:
$1,433,210Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,433,210Company Credits
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The movie's only dialogue is narration at the beginning and end. See more »Quotes
Narrator (English version): [beginning narration] A meadow in early morning, somewhere on Earth. Hidden here is a world as vast as our own, where the weeds are like impenetrable jungles, the stones are mountains, and even the smallest pond becomes an ocean. Time passes differently here: an hour is like a day, a day is like a season, and the passing of a season is a lifetime. But to observe this world, we must fall silent now, and listen to its murmurs.See more »
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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 »Frequently Asked Questions
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The technology of the human race has finally let us truly see the marvels of what lies beneath our feet every day. I don't know how a documentary on insects could ever succeed with out some guy's deep soothing voice come in to tell us what the heck was going on but this movie proved that it can defiantly be done. Micro Cosmos actually make me feel small for not realizing what happens in the real world of insects. If you thought "A Bugs Life" was cool in terms of the technical aspects, after watching this, you will know where they got they're ideas from. I have no interest in bugs, but if youre ready to be enlightened; this will do it for you.