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 Self - Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin
  • Gaël Clément

    as Self - Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris
  • Peter Timm

    as Self - Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud
  • Emmanuel Blanche

    as Self - Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
  • Florian Holon

    as Self - Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
  • Thibault Rauby

    as Self - Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
  • Yanick Gentil

    as Self - Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
  • Marc Herbin

    as Self - Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN
  • Kerry Sink

    as Self - Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity
  • Cédric Gentil

    as Self - Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "
  • Mélanie Faye

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

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