The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins

The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins (2013)

A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2013-11-02
  • User Rating: 8.4/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 31min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ARTE
  • Production Country: France
  • Director: Gil Kébaïli
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Summary

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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  • Laurent Ballesta

    as Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin

  • Gaël Clément

    as Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris

  • Peter Timm

    as Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud

  • Emmanuel Blanche

    as Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

  • Florian Holon

    as Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

  • Thibault Rauby

    as Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

  • Yanick Gentil

    as Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

  • Marc Herbin

    as Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN

  • Kerry Sink

    as Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity

  • Cédric Gentil

    as Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

  • Mélanie Faye

    as Narratrice (voix)
Writing Gil Kébaïli Writer
Directing Gil Kébaïli Director
Production Jacques Hinstin Executive Producer
Crew Emmanuel Blanche Medical Consultant
Camera Gil Kébaïli Camera Operator
Camera Barbara Brou Still Photographer
Art Charlène Letenneur Graphic Designer
Sound Simon Dubois Sound Editor
Crew David Berdah Legal Services
Crew Gaël Clément Scientific Consultant
Crew Marc Herbin Scientific Consultant
Crew Thierry Decamps Scientific Consultant
Crew Hugo Dutel Scientific Consultant
Crew Régis Debruyne Scientific Consultant
Crew Jean-Benoît Charrassin Scientific Consultant
Crew Angus Paterson Scientific Consultant
Crew Kerry Sink Scientific Consultant
Crew Paul Cowley Scientific Consultant
Crew Rose Thornycroft Scientific Consultant
Crew Russel Chalmers Scientific Consultant
Crew Marc A. Hayek Thanks
Crew Alain Delamuraz Thanks
Crew Alexios Kitsopoulos Thanks
Crew Cédric Gentil Logistics Coordinator
Writing Laurent Ballesta Writer
Directing Cédric Gentil Assistant Director
Camera Yanick Gentil Underwater Camera
Camera Olivier Chasle Camera Operator
Camera Yann Rineau Camera Operator
Sound Alexis Barbier-Bouvet Sound
Editing Denis Batardière Editor
Sound Stéphane Lopez Original Music Composer
Sound Simon Dubois Sound Mixer
Editing Rémi Berge Color Grading
Production Angèle Le Névé Production Director

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