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Cast
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Laurent Ballesta | As: Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin |
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Gaël Clément | As: Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris |
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Peter Timm | As: Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud |
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Emmanuel Blanche | As: Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Florian Holon | As: Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
Storyline
Gombessa Expedition 1 To dive for the Coelacanth is to go back in time. In 1938, when it was known only as a fossil, a Coelacanth was discovered in South Africa in a fisherman's net. This species bears witness to an evolutionary bifurcation 380 million years ago, and bears the marks of a great event: the day the fish left the ocean for the open air. Does it hold the secret to the transition to walking on land? In 2010, a marine biologist and outstanding diver, Laurent Ballesta, took the first photographs of the Coelacanth in its ecosystem. In April 2013, divers and researchers set down their equipment at the Sodwana base camp in South Africa, in the club founded by Peter Timm (who died in 2014). Six weeks of extreme diving at depths of over 120 meters, in an attempt to film the Coelacanth with a double-headed camera, collect its DNA and tag a subject with a satellite-linked beacon...
| Tagline: | A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project |
| Certification: | Unknown |
Cast
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Laurent Ballesta |
Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin |
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Gaël Clément |
Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris |
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Peter Timm |
Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud |
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Emmanuel Blanche |
Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Florian Holon |
Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Thibault Rauby |
Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Yanick Gentil |
Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Marc Herbin |
Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN |
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Kerry Sink |
Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity |
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Cédric Gentil |
Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Mélanie Faye |
Narratrice (voix) |
Directed By
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Cédric Gentil |
Assistant Director |
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Gil Kébaïli |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Laurent Ballesta |
Writer |
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Gil Kébaïli |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Angèle Le Névé |
Production Director |
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Jacques Hinstin |
Executive Producer |
Edited By
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Denis Batardière |
Editor |
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Rémi Berge |
Color Grading |
Costume and Makeup
Sound
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Alexis Barbier-Bouvet |
Sound |
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Stéphane Lopez |
Original Music Composer |
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Simon Dubois |
Sound Mixer |
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Simon Dubois |
Sound Editor |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Yanick Gentil |
Underwater Camera |
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Olivier Chasle |
Camera Operator |
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Yann Rineau |
Camera Operator |
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Gil Kébaïli |
Camera Operator |
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Barbara Brou |
Still Photographer |
Lighting
Art Department
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Charlène Letenneur |
Graphic Designer |
Other Crew
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Emmanuel Blanche |
Medical Consultant |
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David Berdah |
Legal Services |
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Gaël Clément |
Scientific Consultant |
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Marc Herbin |
Scientific Consultant |
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Thierry Decamps |
Scientific Consultant |
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Hugo Dutel |
Scientific Consultant |
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Régis Debruyne |
Scientific Consultant |
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Jean-Benoît Charrassin |
Scientific Consultant |
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Angus Paterson |
Scientific Consultant |
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Kerry Sink |
Scientific Consultant |
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Paul Cowley |
Scientific Consultant |
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Rose Thornycroft |
Scientific Consultant |
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Russel Chalmers |
Scientific Consultant |
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Marc A. Hayek |
Thanks |
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Alain Delamuraz |
Thanks |
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Alexios Kitsopoulos |
Thanks |
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Cédric Gentil |
Logistics Coordinator |
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