700 Sharks

Jun 9, 2018

1h 32m

★ 6.8

The largest pack of grey sharks known to date...

Overview

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?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ARTE

Le Cinquième Rêve

Andromède Océanologie

LGB

CNRS Images

Filmin'Tahiti

700 Sharks Trailers

Cast

Self - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur

Laurent Ballesta

Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)

Yannis Papastamatiou

Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)

Charlie Huveneers

Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)

Frédéric Bertucci

Self - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)

Éric Parmentier

Self - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)

Damien Sony

Self - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)

Johann Mourier

Self - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)

Orphal Colleye

Self - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)

Miri Tatarata

Self - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)

Yann Hubert

Self - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)

Thibault Rauby

Self - Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)

Antonin Guilbert

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