14° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Special Screenings 1996
MICROCOSMOS
by Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou
Country: GFR, Switzerland
Year: 1996
Duration: 74'
Mocrocosmos is a voyage of discovery to a sublime, unknown planet: Earth. This is an exploration into a new land - in fact, a simple meadow - during a summer's day: a day, a night and the dawn of a second day. But one day, in this microcosmos, is the equivalent of a season, and a whole chapter of life when, in the case of insects, existence spans only weeks. Any event thus takes on a new dimension: for the microcosmos, a simple storm can have cataclysmic consequences.
Biography
film director
Claude Nuridsany
Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou were both born in Paris and received Masters degrees in biology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI). They interrupted their academic career in 1969 to devote themselves to research into living phenomena. In the process, they have devised special scientific camera equipment so as to disseminate texts and images about nature in all its manifestations in a spirit that attempts to reconcile science, with poetry, aesthetic experimentation with scientific information. In1976, they received the Niepce Prize for their photographic work, which has appeared in numerous publications.
FILMOGRAFIA
Microcosmos (1996).
Marie Pérennou
Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou were both born in Paris and received Masters degrees in biology at the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris VI). They interrupted their academic career in 1969 to devote themselves to research into living phenomena. In the process, they have devised special scientific camera equipment so as to disseminate texts and images about nature in all its manifestations in a spirit that attempts to reconcile science, with poetry, aesthetic experimentation with scientific information. In1976, they received the Niepce Prize for their photographic work, which has appeared in numerous publications.
FILMOGRAFIA
Microcosmos (1996).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou.
Director of photography: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou, Hughes Ryffel, Thierry Machado.
Editor: Marie-Josephe Yoyotte, Florence Ricard.
Music: Bruno Coulais.
Sound: Philippe Barbeau, Bernard Leroux.
Production company: Galalée Films, 55 boulevard Péreire, 75017 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-44292140, fax +33-1-47667295.
Foreign sales agent: Président Films, 2 rue Lord Byron, 75008 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-45628222, fax +33-1-45634056.<
Director of photography: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou, Hughes Ryffel, Thierry Machado.
Editor: Marie-Josephe Yoyotte, Florence Ricard.
Music: Bruno Coulais.
Sound: Philippe Barbeau, Bernard Leroux.
Production company: Galalée Films, 55 boulevard Péreire, 75017 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-44292140, fax +33-1-47667295.
Foreign sales agent: Président Films, 2 rue Lord Byron, 75008 Paris, France, tel. +33-1-45628222, fax +33-1-45634056.<