Jacques Perrin, Kristin Scott Thomas

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, spider...( read more  read more... )s 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.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 20 min.

Directed by: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Release Date: May 1, 1996

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  • October 1, 2009
    Beautifully filmed, it must have been painstaking to film!
    Its rather good but it will help if you are interested in insects as there is no dialogue/Story, just insects! Slow and boring for some, mesmerising for others. Worth checking out!
  • October 2, 2008
    11/29/06: Weird bug movie. Ms Roberts showed it randomly in class one day. What can I say?
  • April 20, 2009
    Really cool considering I can't stay interested with National Geographic.
  • December 23, 2008
    No plot, no script, no humans but lots of character. In essence this film is nothing more than short films of insects doing what they do. The photography is absolutely incredible too - with highlights being a water-spider collecting air, and a dung beetle that never gives up. The...( read more) incidental music is intrusive in places and tries to make the images more movie-like instead of letting them speak for themselves - saying that, it could also do with a bit more narration...if that makes sense. Worth seeing.
  • October 2, 2008
    Fascinating doc on bugs that has just as fascinating photography.
  • August 14, 2009
    Pretty amzing footage throughout this doc. The snail footage alone is worth the watch. Clever usage of music and editing with no voice-over used at all. The bugs tell their own story.
  • August 13, 2009
    Shows insects, critters, you name it, as though they were people or stars in a movie. Completely fascinating if you dig bugs. Expertly photographed and most sequences are breathtaking. A Bug's Life, but fer reals.
  • April 25, 2009
    No thanks - Not interested
  • March 28, 2009
    I never before have had such appreciation for bugs!!! They are amazing...total miracles and full of beauty!! Except for cockroaches
  • March 25, 2009
    looks funny and weird

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