Le clan des cachalots

Nov 25, 2019

0h 53m

★ 8.0

Overview

Long massacred by whaling ships, sperm whales were almost driven to extinction. Saved when whale hunting ceased in the 1980s, the largest predators on the planet had, until then, always been studied from the surface, allowing their life beneath the seas to remain a mystery. For the first time, a team of scientific divers has literally become immersed in the day to day life of a clan.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

ARTE

Label Bleu

Mona Lisa Production

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Cast

Narrator

Anna Flori-Lamour

Narrator

Hyppo Audouy

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0.0

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5.8

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6.0

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8.0

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0.0

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8.8

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7.0

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6.8

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0.0

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0.0

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8.7

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6.1

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