

700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)
2016-01-01 · 27 min · ★ 10.0
Originally, in 2014, Laurent Ballesta had just one precise objective: to unravel the mystery of groupers. To understand the issues involved in their collective reproduction. But although focused on the study of groupers, the real surprise came from the sharks. Never before had the team been confronted with such a density of grey reef sharks. The divers took up the challenge of counting them. Methodically, they repeated the operation many times to arrive at the impressive figure of 700 grey reef sharks. Each year, the team returned to the southern pass of Fakarava in French Polynesia. Until 2019, for the fourth expedition, "Gombessa 4" is the synthesis of precise and unique scientific protocols. The mission demonstrated that shark hunts are not anarchic, but rely in part on social organization within the horde, following in the footsteps of the 700 grey sharks in "700 sharks in the night (Gombessa 4, Genesis)".
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- Directors
- Gil Kébaïli
- Production companies
- Andromède Océanologie, Les Gens Bien Production
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Laurent BallestaSelf - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
Yannis PapastamatiouSelf - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
Charlie HuveneersSelf - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
Frédéric BertucciSelf - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
Éric ParmentierSelf - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
Damien SonySelf - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)
Johann MourierSelf - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)
Orphal ColleyeSelf - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)
Miri TatarataSelf - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)
Yann HubertSelf - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Thibault RaubySelf - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)
Antonin GuilbertSelf - Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)
Yanick GentilSelf - Chef oéprateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Roberto RinaldiSelf - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Cédric GentilSelf - 1er assistant réal., Coordinateur Gombessa, Assistant photo
Manuel LefèvreSelf - Opérateur terrestre et sous-marin, caméras de surveillance
Sané RichmondSelf - Plongeur, propriétaire de la pension Ttamanu, Polynésie (France)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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