700 Sharks
The largest pack of grey sharks known to date...
92 mins
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?
Loïc Kéver
Self - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Gilles Siu
Self - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Hugh Pederson
Self - Scientifique, consultant (Intervenant)
Vivien Lemaignan
Post-Production Manager
Émilie Dumond
Writer
Caroline Schoenfelder
Coordinating Producer
Sylvain Girardot
Medical Consultant
Emmanuel Blanche
Medical Consultant
Luc Marescot
Director
Alexis Barbier-Bouvet
Editor
Virginie Tetoofa
Additional Camera
Samuel Toutain
Additional Camera
Carmel Gherbi
Post-Production Manager
Jean-Charles Granjon
Underwater Camera
Nicolas Pruvot
Additional Camera
Tom Dumoulin
Assistant Editor
Thomas Courbard
Assistant Editor
Simon Dubois
Mixing Engineer
Luc Marescot
Writer
Kévin Peyrusse
Underwater Camera
Jérémie Eloy
Aerial Camera
Séverine Cappa
Production Director
Marie Mora Chevais
Production Director
Nicolas Zunino
Delegated Producer
Adrien Gentils
Additional Visual Effects
Catherine Marconnet
Co-Producer
Rémi Berge
Color Grading
Christophe Silvestre
Special Effects
Thomas Larrey
Assistant Editor
Tuhiva Lambert
Sound