Microcosm - The people of the grasses

Movie
German title	Microcosm - The people of the grasses
Original title	Microcosmos - Le peuple de l'herbe
Country of production	France , Switzerland , Italy
original language	French
Publishing year	1996
length	80 minutes
Age rating	FSK o.A.
Rod
Director	Claude Nuridsany ; Marie Pérennou
script	Claude Nuridsany ; Marie Pérennou
production	Christophe Barratier ; Yvette Mallet ; Jacques Perrin
music	Bruno Coulais
camera	Thierry Machado; Claude Nuridsany ; Marie Pérennou ; Hugues Ryffel
cut	Florence Ricard ; Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
occupation
	Jacques Perrin : narrator; Kristin Scott Thomas : Narrator of the English version; Helmut Gauß : Narrator of the German version;

Mikrokosmos - The People of the Grass is a French documentary from 1996 directed by Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou . It shows the natural processes in the life of insects in a meadow in France.

action

The film observes the hustle and bustle of bees , ladybirds , snails , spiders , ants and mosquitoes while they are eating, mating, hunting, being hunted, fighting or hatching.

Because the viewer meets the protagonists at eye level, which is done with the help of extreme macro shots , slow motion and high-speed cameras, he enters a familiar world in a completely new way.

Awards

The film won five Césars . Thierry Machado, Hugues Ryffel, Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou received awards for the best camera, Florence Ricard and Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte received the award for the best editing, Bruno Coulais won the César for the best original music, Jacques Perrin for the best production and Philippe Barbeau and Bernard Leroux received the award for the best sound.
He was also nominated for César for best film (Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou), for best debut work and for best sound editing (Laurent Quaglio).
In Cannes , Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou won the Great Technology Prize ( out of competition ).
The composer Bruno Coulais won the George Delerue Prize at the Film Fest Gent .

Reviews

film-dienst : "Not a nature film in the conventional sense, but a commentary on an unexpected parallel world that sometimes encourages prejudices, but deserves attention due to its unusual perspective."

Locations

Monts et Lacs du Lévézou , Aveyron department , France
Salles-la-Source , Aveyron department, France

literature

Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou: Microcosm. The people in the grass (OT: Microcosmos ). Scherz, Bern, Munich and Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-502-15520-8

Web links

Microcosm - The people of the grass in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Microcosm - The people of the grasses. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] Microcosm - The people of the grasses. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .