Documentary
Gombessa Expedition 4 Laurent Ballesta went to observe a gathering of thousands of groupers during the full moon of June 2014 (Le mystère mérou) in the southern pass of the Polynesian atoll of Fakarava, where he discovered a pack of over seven hundred grey sharks. How can this unprecedented density be explained? Could it be that social behaviors govern this wild horde? During three years of preparation, he and the other divers on his international scientific team tamed their fear by abandoning the defensive reflexes that provoke shark aggression, with the aim of slipping into the heart of the raging pack to study and film it from the inside. Sharks fitted with microchips, receiving antennas, hydrophones, an ark of 32 synchronized cameras...: a whole technological arsenal is mobilized for the project. As the groupers approach for their annual spawning, what battle plan will the sharks deploy?
Directed by
Luc Marescot
Written by
Laurent Ballesta, Émilie Dumond, Luc Marescot
Laurent Ballesta
Self - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
Charlie Huveneers
Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
Franck Lorrain
Narrateur (voice)
Miri Tatarata
Self - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)
Frédéric Bertucci
Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
Thibault Rauby
Self - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)
Yannis Papastamatiou
Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
Damien Sony
Self - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)
Éric Parmentier
Self - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
Orphal Colleye
Self - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)
Sané Richmond
Self - Plongeur, propriétaire de la pension Ttamanu, Polynésie (France)
Loïc Kéver
Self - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Gilles Siu
Self - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Hugh Pederson
Self - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)

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