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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...
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 2013-11-02
- video_camera_front Companies ARTE, Les Films d'Ici, Andromède Océanologie, CNRS Images
- timer Runtime: 91 Mins
- star Rating: 8.4 / 10
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- info IMDB ID tt4854538
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Laurent Ballesta
Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin
Gaël Clément
Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris
Peter Timm
Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud
Emmanuel Blanche
Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Florian Holon
Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Thibault Rauby
Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Yanick Gentil
Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Marc Herbin
Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN
Kerry Sink
Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity
Cédric Gentil
Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
Mélanie Faye
Narratrice (voix)
groups Crew
Gil Kébaïli
Writer
Gil Kébaïli
Director
Jacques Hinstin
Executive Producer
Emmanuel Blanche
Medical Consultant
Gil Kébaïli
Camera Operator
Barbara Brou
Still Photographer
Charlène Letenneur
Graphic Designer
Simon Dubois
Sound Editor
David Berdah
Legal Services
Gaël Clément
Scientific Consultant
Marc Herbin
Scientific Consultant
Thierry Decamps
Scientific Consultant
Hugo Dutel
Scientific Consultant
Régis Debruyne
Scientific Consultant
Jean-Benoît Charrassin
Scientific Consultant
Angus Paterson
Scientific Consultant
Kerry Sink
Scientific Consultant
Paul Cowley
Scientific Consultant
Rose Thornycroft
Scientific Consultant
Russel Chalmers
Scientific Consultant
Marc A. Hayek
Thanks
Alain Delamuraz
Thanks
Alexios Kitsopoulos
Thanks
Cédric Gentil
Logistics Coordinator
Laurent Ballesta
Writer
Cédric Gentil
Assistant Director
Yanick Gentil
Underwater Camera
Olivier Chasle
Camera Operator
Yann Rineau
Camera Operator
Alexis Barbier-Bouvet
Sound
Denis Batardière
Editor
Stéphane Lopez
Original Music Composer
Simon Dubois
Sound Mixer
Rémi Berge
Color Grading
Angèle Le Névé
Production Director
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