(Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France,

Switzerland,

Italy

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

80 minutes

Year:

1996

Directors:

Marie Pérennou

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Production companies:

Galatée Films,

France 2 Cinéma,

Bac Films,

Delta Images,

Les Productions JMH,

Urania Film,

TSR

Budget:

$5,750,000

Revenue:

$1,433,008

Actors:

Récitant / Narrator (voice)

Crews:

Editor

Director

Original Music Composer

Executive Producer

Director