76% Critic Match

Microcosmos

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

7.6 / 10• 1996• 1h 20m•G• French

Documentary

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Jacques Perrin

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Lead

What People Are Saying

4.0

“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marie Pérennou's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”

— Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

4.0

“Every frame feels alive. Microcosmos is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”

— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker