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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.
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IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 32 min
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Streams in 37 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
+27Released
2018
June 9, 2018
8 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
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Also spoken
GermanMade in
France
and 15 more21 people
- 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)
Franck LorrainNarrateur (voice)- LKLoïc KéverSelf - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
- GSGilles SiuSelf - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
- HPHugh PedersonSelf - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Directing · 1
- Luc Marescot Director, Writer
Writing · 2
- Laurent Ballesta Writer
- Émilie Dumond Writer
Production · 5
- Marie Mora Chevais Production Director
- Catherine Marconnet Co-Producer
- Séverine Cappa Production Director
- Caroline Schoenfelder Coordinating Producer
- Nicolas Zunino Delegated Producer
Camera · 10
- Manuel Lefèvre Aerial Camera, Underwater Camera, Sound Engineer
- Yann Hubert Underwater Camera
- Samuel Toutain Additional Camera
- Roberto Rinaldi Underwater Camera
- Yanick Gentil Underwater Camera
- Jean-Charles Granjon Underwater Camera
Editing · 5
- Alexis Barbier-Bouvet Editor
- Thomas Courbard Assistant Editor
- Rémi Berge Color Grading
- Tom Dumoulin Assistant Editor
- Thomas Larrey Assistant Editor
Sound · 2
- Julien Jaouen Original Music Composer
- Tuhiva Lambert Sound
Visual Effects · 1
- Adrien Gentils Additional Visual Effects
Lighting · 1
- Cédric Gentil Underwater Gaffer
Other crew · 6
- Christophe Silvestre Special Effects
- Simon Dubois Mixing Engineer
- Vivien Lemaignan Post-Production Manager
- Sylvain Girardot Medical Consultant
- Carmel Gherbi Post-Production Manager
- Emmanuel Blanche Medical Consultant
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