Microcosmos

Updated June 26, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
Directors:Claude Nuridsany and Marie Perennou
Directors of Photography:Claude Nuridsany, Marie Perennou, Hughes Ryffel and Thierry Machado
Editors:Marie-Josephe Yoyotte and Florence Ricard
Music:Bruno Coulais
Producers:Galatee Films, Jacques Perrin, Christopher Barrater and Yvette Mallet
Miramax; G; 77 minutes
Release:10/96
Narrator:Kristin Scott Thomas

Who would ever think that a battle between two stag beetles could provide more intensity and drama than a Rocky Balboa–Apollo Creed prizefight? It happens in Microcosmos. The superb cinematography, sound effects and editing create anthropomorphic images that often make the viewer forget that this is a nature documentary. The filmmakers also capture the universal cycle of life — birth, work, death — as it plays out beneath our notice. The film was a popular sensation at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.


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