Luis Buñuel’s observation – “You can find all of Shakespeare and de Sade in the lives of insects” – was the inspiration for this experimental horror movie, in which human actors wordlessly enact the life-cycles of wasps and bees. Its purpose is to depict with emotion, humor and unnerving specificity an alternative society that really exists and has nothing to do with human beings. A highly stylized depiction of nature in all her deceitful glory.
Julia Zinn
as Polistes, a paper wasp; queen
Lori Felker
as Ampulex, a cockroach wasp; female
Molly Feingold
as Crabro, a fly-hunting wasp; female
Chet Mazur
as Arilus, an assassin-bug; female
Boki Bodunrin
as Anoplius, a spider wasp; female
Vicky Yen
as Sphecius, the Cicada Killer; female
Shelby Fossell
as Parcoblatta, a cockroach; female
Christy Lemaster
as Spider
Clare Britt
as Tibicen, a cicada; female
Alica Da Cunha
as Apis, the Honeybee; worker
Meredith Miller
as Evagetes, a brood-parasitic spider wasp; female
Jenny Kendler
as Microbembex, the Scavenger Wasp; female
