700 Sharks

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?

• Émilie DumondWriter
• Luc MarescotDirector
• Laurent BallestaWriter
• Luc MarescotWriter
• Julien JaouenOriginal Music Composer

• Laurent BallestaSelf - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
• Yannis PapastamatiouSelf - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
• Charlie HuveneersSelf - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
• Frédéric BertucciSelf - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
• Éric ParmentierSelf - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
• Damien SonySelf - Ichtologiste, Profish Technology (Belgique)
• Johann MourierSelf - Comportementaliste des requins, CNRS (France)
• Orphal ColleyeSelf - Acousticien et morphologiste, université de Liège (Belgique)
• Miri TatarataSelf - Directrice de l'environnement, DIREN, Polynésie (France)
• Yann HubertSelf - Chef opérateur sous-marin (Gombessa)
• Thibault RaubySelf - Directeur plongées profondes et assistant éclairages (Gombessa)
• Antonin GuilbertSelf - Biologiste marin et plongeur pro, Andromède Océanologie (France)