Microcosmos
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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.
Microcosmos is a film that explores themes of insect, biology, narration. It also touches on ant and biotope and nature.
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Directors
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Cast
Jacques Perrin
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Roger Ebert gave Microcosmos four out of four stars, calling it "...an amazing film that allows us to peer deeply into the insect world and marvel at creatures we casually condemn to squishing."...
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Microcosmos
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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.
Microcosmos is a film that explores themes of insect, biology, narration. It also touches on ant and biotope and nature.
Directors
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Cast
Jacques Perrin
What Critics Say
Roger Ebert gave Microcosmos four out of four stars, calling it "...an amazing film that allows us to peer deeply into the insect world and marvel at creatures we casually condemn to squishing."...
Source: Wikipedia
insect · biology · narration · ant · biotope · nature · woman director · nature documentary · poetic documentary · documentary
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Microcosmos is streaming on Criterion Channel. Availability last verified March 7, 2026.
