15 years of research. 2 years of equipment design. 3 years of shooting. One great movie to restore your sense of wonder.
1996 · G · 1h 20m · Documentary
Genres: Documentary
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…
Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Writers: Marie Pérennou, Claude Nuridsany
Music by: Bruno Coulais
Cinematography: Thierry Machado, Claude Nuridsany
Editor: Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte, Florence Ricard
Box office: $1M · Budget: $6M · Rated 7.6/10 by 261 viewers