

700 Sharks
The largest pack of grey sharks known to date...
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?
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Actors

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

Yannis Papastamatiou
Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)

Charlie Huveneers
Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)

Frédéric Bertucci
Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)

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

Damien Sony
Self - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)

Johann Mourier
Self - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)

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

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

Yann Hubert
Self - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)

Thibault Rauby
Self - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)

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

Yanick Gentil
Self - Chef oéprateur sous-marin (Gombessa)

Roberto Rinaldi
Self - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)

Cédric Gentil
Self - 1er assistant réal., Coordinateur Gombessa, Assistant photo

Manuel Lefèvre
Self - Opérateur terrestre et sous-marin, caméras de surveillance

Sané Richmond
Self - Plongeur, propriétaire de la pension Ttamanu, Polynésie (France)

Franck Lorrain
Narrateur (voice)
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