The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins (2013)
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...
Director: Gil Kébaïli
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Laurent Ballesta as Self - Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin |
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Gaël Clément as Self - Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris |
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Peter Timm as Self - Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud |
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Emmanuel Blanche as Self - Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Florian Holon as Self - Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Thibault Rauby as Self - Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Yanick Gentil as Self - Cameraman sous-marin, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Marc Herbin as Self - Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN |
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Kerry Sink as Self - Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity |
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Cédric Gentil as Self - Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 " |
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Mélanie Faye as Narrator (voice) |
| Writing | Gil Kébaïli | Writer |
| Directing | Gil Kébaïli | Director |
| Production | Jacques Hinstin | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Angus Paterson | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Emmanuel Blanche | Medical Consultant |
| Crew | Marc Herbin | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Hugo Dutel | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Kerry Sink | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Rose Thornycroft | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Régis Debruyne | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Marc A. Hayek | Thanks |
| Art | Charlène Letenneur | Graphic Designer |
| Crew | Gaël Clément | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Russel Chalmers | Scientific Consultant |
| Sound | Simon Dubois | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Alain Delamuraz | Thanks |
| Crew | Thierry Decamps | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Alexios Kitsopoulos | Thanks |
| Camera | Gil Kébaïli | Camera Operator |
| Crew | David Berdah | Legal Services |
| Crew | Paul Cowley | Scientific Consultant |
| Camera | Barbara Brou | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Cédric Gentil | Logistics Coordinator |
| Crew | Jean-Benoît Charrassin | Scientific Consultant |
| Sound | Simon Dubois | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Rémi Berge | Color Grading |
| Directing | Cédric Gentil | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Yann Rineau | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Yanick Gentil | Underwater Camera |
| Sound | Stéphane Lopez | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Laurent Ballesta | Writer |
| Production | Angèle Le Névé | Production Director |
| Sound | Alexis Barbier-Bouvet | Sound |
| Camera | Olivier Chasle | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Denis Batardière | Editor |
