
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

Microcosmos : Le peuple de l'herbe (original title)
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15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
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.
Toronto International Film Festival 1996
Chicago International Film Festival 1996
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 1996
Cast: Jacques Perrin
Writers: Claude Nuridsany (Screenplay), Marie Pérennou (Screenplay)
Cinematographer: Thierry Machado, Marie Pérennou
Editors: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Florence Ricard
Sound Designer: Laurent Quaglio, Philippe Barbeau
Composer: Bruno Coulais
Direction team: Renaud Dengreville (Assistant Director)
Producers: Michel Fauré, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin
Production: Galatée Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bac Films, Delta Images