Microcosmos (film)

Microcosmos
Promotional release poster
Directed byClaude Nuridsany
Marie Pérennou
Written byClaude Nuridsany
Marie Pérennou
Produced byChristophe Barratier
Yvette Mallet
Jacques Perrin
Narrated byJacques Perrin (French version)
Kristin Scott Thomas (English version)
Music byBruno Coulais
Production
companies
Distributed byBAC Films (France)
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (Switzerland)
Lucky Red Distribuzione (Italy)
Guild Pathé Cinema (United Kingdom)
Release date
  • 6 September 1996 (1996-09-06)
Running time
80 minutes
CountriesFrance
Switzerland
Italy
United Kingdom
LanguagesFrench
English
Budget$3.8 million
Box office$52.8 million[1]

Microcosmos (French: Microcosmos: Le peuple de l'herbe, lit.'Microcosmos: People of the grass') is a 1996 documentary film written and directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou and produced by Jacques Perrin. An international co-production of France, Switzerland, Italy and the United Kingdom, the film showcases detailed interactions between insects and other small invertebrates, and features music by Bruno Coulais.

The film was screened out of competition at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[2]

  1. ^ "Microcosmos, le peuple de l\'herbe (1996)". JP's Box-Office. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Microcosmos, Le Peuple de l'herbe". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 20 September 2009.