In French Polynesia, there is a place where every year, thousands of groupers gather in secret followed by hundreds of sharks… The photographer, diver and biologist Laurent Ballesta, with his team, wanted to better understand what motivates these fish to wait until the exact day of the full moon to spawn all at once! With the help of researchers from the CNRS of Moorea, they dived and conducted numerous experiments to study and witness this unique phenomenon. Taking advantage of this period of incredible richness, Laurent Ballesta did a record dive of 24 hours at over 20 meters.
Unfortunately the movie The Grouper Mystery is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Gil Kébaïli | Director |
Writing | Laurent Ballesta | Writer |
Writing | Gil Kébaïli | Writer |
Production | Gil Kébaïli | Production Manager |
Art | Gil Kébaïli | Settings |
Camera | Yanick Gentil | Camera Operator |
Camera | Serge Dumont | Camera Operator |
Camera | Yann Hubert | Camera Operator |
Camera | Roberto Rinaldi | Camera Operator |
Camera | Manuel Lefèvre | Camera Operator |
Crew | Antonin Guilbert | Lighting Camera |
Crew | Cédric Gentil | Lighting Camera |
Crew | Florent Blanchard | Sound Recordist |
Sound | Simon Dubois | Sound mixer |
Production | Angèle Le Névé | Production Supervisor |
Sound | Stéphane Lopez | Original Music Composer |