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Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe (1996)

G 80 min  -  Documentary  -   6 September 1996 (Switzerland)
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A documentary of insect life in meadows and ponds, using incredible close-ups, slow motion, and time-lapse photography... See full summary »

Directors:

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Writers:

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Stars:

Kristin Scott Thomas and Jacques Perrin
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Cast

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Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice)
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Narrator (English version) (voice)
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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. Written by Will Gilbert  

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Plot Keywords:

Spider | Slow Motion | Time Lapse Photography | Beetle | Insect  | See more »

Taglines:

Life. Death. War. Birth. See more »

Genres:

Documentary

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Country:

France | Switzerland | Italy

Language:

French

Release Date:

(Switzerland) See more »

Also Known As:

Microcosmos See more »

Filming Locations:

Monts et Lacs du Lévézou, Aveyron, France See more »

Box Office

Budget:

CHF 5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$35,189 (USA) (13 October 1996) (2 Screens)

Gross:

$1,573,842 (USA) (2 February 1997)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+ See more »
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

Filmed over a period of three years. See more »

Crazy Credits

In the end credits:
Le Conseil Général de L'Aveyron and SIVOM des Monts et Lacs du Lévezou extend the adventure in the world of insects at the Jean-Henri Fabre Center of Saint-Léons in Lévezou, opening in 1998. See more »

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