700 Sharks
2018Gombessa 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?
Acted in
Laurent Ballesta
as Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
Yannis Papastamatiou
as Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
Charlie Huveneers
as Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
Frédéric Bertucci
as Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
Éric Parmentier
as Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
Damien Sony
as Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)
Johann Mourier
as Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)
Orphal Colleye
as Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)
Miri Tatarata
as Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)
Yann Hubert
as Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Thibault Rauby
as Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)
Antonin Guilbert
as Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)
Yanick Gentil
as Chef oéprateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Roberto Rinaldi
as Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
Cédric Gentil
as 1er assistant réal., Coordinateur Gombessa, Assistant photo
Manuel Lefèvre
as Opérateur terrestre et sous-marin, caméras de surveillance
Sané Richmond
as Plongeur, propriétaire de la pension Ttamanu, Polynésie (France)
Franck Lorrain
as Narrateur (voix)
Olivier Angèle
as Voix de doublage (Dub)
Loïc Kéver
as Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Gilles Siu
as Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Hugh Pederson
as Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
