Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.
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Cast
15 people
Julia Zinn
Polistes, a paper wasp; queen
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Lori Felker
Ampulex, a cockroach wasp; female
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Molly Feingold
Crabro, a fly-hunting wasp; female
Chet Mazur
Arilus, an assassin-bug; female
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Boki Bodunrin
Anoplius, a spider wasp; female
Vicky Yen
Sphecius, the Cicada Killer; female
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Parcoblatta, a cockroach; female
Christy Lemaster
Spider
Clare Britt
Tibicen, a cicada; female
Alica Da Cunha
Apis, the Honeybee; worker
Meredith Miller
Evagetes, a brood-parasitic spider wasp; female
Jenny Kendler
Microbembex, the Scavenger Wasp; female
Jim Trainor Director · Caroline Nutley Costume designer Dee Clements Costume designer
United States release April 22, 2017 · Produced in United States
Production
Eusociality Pictures
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · April 22, 2017
Theatrical
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