Microcosmos
“15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.”
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.
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Cast
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Claude Nuridsany Director · Marie Pérennou Director Bruno Coulais Composer
Worldwide gross $1.4M · Budget $5.8M · United States release October 9, 1996
Box office
Budget
$5,750,000
Worldwide gross
$1,433,008
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Galatée Films
Production
France 2 Cinéma
Production
Bac Films
Production
Delta Images
Production
Les Productions JMH
Production
Urania Film
Production
TSR
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Agencie Jules Verne
Production
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Conseil Général de l'Aveyron
Production
Crédit Agricole
Production
Eurimages
Production
La Fondation Gan pour le Cinéma
Production
Office Fédéral de la Culture
Production
PROCIREP
Production
Région Midi-Pyrénées
Production
Sivom des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou
Production
Télévision Suisse-Romande
Production
France · Switzerland · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French
Release dates
France · May 20, 1996
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 9, 1996
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
France · November 20, 1996
Theatrical
Argentina
May 14, 1998 · Theatrical
Australia
June 12, 1997 · Theatrical
Canada
September 7, 1996 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
June 12, 1997 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 8, 1997 · Theatrical
Estonia
November 13, 1998 · Theatrical
Finland
December 5, 1997 · Theatrical
Germany
October 31, 1996 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
June 26, 1997 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 1, 1997 · Theatrical
Iceland
April 28, 2000 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 30, 1997 · Theatrical
Italy
December 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Japan
September 20, 1997 · Theatrical
June 21, 2003 · Premiere · French Film Festival
Lithuania
July 17, 1998 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 25, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 30, 1996 · Premiere · International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
February 13, 1997 · Theatrical
July 13, 2002 · TV · Nederland 1
April 27, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Poland
April 2, 1997 · Theatrical
August 14, 2017 · Premiere · New Horizons Film Festival
Portugal
April 25, 1997 · Theatrical
Serbia
February 1, 1997 · Premiere · Belgrade
South Korea
December 7, 1996 · Theatrical
Spain
November 27, 1996 · Theatrical
Sweden
December 20, 1996 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 6, 1996 · Theatrical · German
September 7, 1996 · Theatrical · French
Türkiye
May 8, 1998 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 16, 1997 · Theatrical
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