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Microcosmos

1996 · 80 min

A hypnotic, wordless close-up of tiny lives that makes the ordinary meadow feel alien and awe-inspiring.

Tagline
15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
Overview
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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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • nature
  • survival
  • science
  • isolation
  • family
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Written by
Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Starring
Jacques Perrin
Music
Bruno Coulais
Cinematography
Thierry Machado
Runtime
80 min
Country
France, Switzerland, Italy
Languages
French, English

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