The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
(2013) A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project | Released
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Movie Details
Tag Line: A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project
Status: Released
Average Rating: 8
Release Date: Nov 2, 2013
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Run Time: 1h 31m
Original Language: French
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Production Countries: France
Production Companies: ARTE , Les Films d'ici , Andromède Océanologie , CNRS Images
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Synopsis
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...
Main Cast
Yanick Gentil
Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%
Crew
| Department | Role | Name |
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| Production | Executive Producer |
Jacques Hinstin
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| Production Director |
Angèle Le Névé
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| Editing | Color Grading |
Rémi Berge
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| Editor |
Denis Batardière
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| Directing | Director |
Gil Kébaïli
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| Assistant Director |
Cédric Gentil
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| Camera | Camera Operator |
Gil Kébaïli
Olivier Chasle
Yann Rineau
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| Underwater Camera |
Yanick Gentil
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| Still Photographer |
Barbara Brou
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| Writing | Writer |
Gil Kébaïli
Laurent Ballesta
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| Crew | Logistics Coordinator |
Cédric Gentil
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| Legal Services |
David Berdah
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| Scientific Consultant |
Gaël Clément
Marc Herbin
Thierry Decamps
Hugo Dutel
Régis Debruyne
Jean-Benoît Charrassin
Angus Paterson
Kerry Sink
Paul Cowley
Rose Thornycroft
Russel Chalmers
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| Medical Consultant |
Emmanuel Blanche
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| Thanks |
Marc A. Hayek
Alain Delamuraz
Alexios Kitsopoulos
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| Sound | Original Music Composer |
Stéphane Lopez
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| Sound Editor |
Simon Dubois
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| Sound Mixer |
Simon Dubois
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| Sound |
Alexis Barbier-Bouvet
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| Art | Graphic Designer |
Charlène Letenneur
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