Microcosmos (1996)

Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe

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

80 min★ 7.9 · 12,224 votes

• Documentary

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.

Release date

October 31, 1996

Country of origin

Italy, Switzerland, France

Budget

$5,750,000

Box office

$1,433,008