Through a combination of underwater, time-lapse, and microscopic photography, Jean Painlevé creates a beautiful study of the reproduction cycle of jellyfish.

Enter the freaky world of jellyfish with Jean Painlevé and Geneviève Hamon! Extraordinary microscopic photography brings to life the reproductive cycles of these wondrous and gelatinous sea creatures. Cells expand, colonies multiply: and every change is captured through the “magic” of time-lapse.