Arte will broadcast for the first time the documentary by Laurent Ballesta 700 Sharks Into the Night, on Saturday, June 9 at 8:50 PM. You may have already seen the documentary Gombessa IV in which the biologist and underwater photographer presented the 700 grey sharks of the Fakarava pass in French Polynesia. Discover in this 1h30 film the scientific research conducted by Laurent Ballesta and his team of divers and researchers during this expedition.
For 50 days they prepared, diving at night, setting up cameras on the seabed, and attaching receivers connected to implants under the skin of 40 sharks, analyzing every move of this horde of sharks day and night. The goal of this operation? To discover why these sharks are so numerous, what drives them to gather like this, and whether there is any organization in these nocturnal hunting scenes. Can a horde of sharks be more efficient than a pack of wolves? They had 50 days, not one more, to carry out this research, until the full moon: that unique time of year when thousands of groupers gather to mate, offering a true feast for the sharks.
Discover, through the stunning images captured by the entire Gombessa IV team, this scientific adventure, its actors, their organization on the atoll and underwater, and the initial results of their observations.700 Sharks Into the NightSaturday, June 9, 2018, at 8:50 PM on Arte and available for replay for 60 days.
Documentary by Luc Marescot, co-written with Laurent Ballesta, Émilie Dumond, and Gil Kébaïli.
A co-production: Arte France, Le Cinquième Rêve, Andromède Océanologie, Les Gens Bien Productions, Filmin’tahiti, CNRS Images (France, 2018, 1h30, 4K).
Followed at 10:25 PM by the documentary The Secret Life of Atolls by Gil Kébaïli and Manuel Levèvre.
Also discover the 700 sharks in virtual reality on the Arte 360 VR app, and find the interview with Laurent Ballesta accompanying the portfolio of this expedition in issue No. 13 of Dive!