The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins

The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins

2013
1h 31m
8.2

8.2/10

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Documentary

"A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project"

Overview

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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Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
ARTE Les Films d'Ici Andromède Océanologie CNRS Images
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
English French

Keywords

fish ocean scientific study south africa prehistoric creature scuba diving underwater photography fossil fish creature underwater world scientific research gombessa cœlacanthe scientific exploration

Quick Facts

Original Title Le Cœlacanthe, plongée vers nos origines
Release Date November 2, 2013
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt4854538
Website Visit Site

Cast

Laurent Ballesta
Laurent Ballesta

Self - Plongeur, photographe, biologiste marin

Gaël Clément
Gaël Clément

Self - Paléontologue au Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Paris

Peter Timm
Peter Timm

Self - Plongeur, fondateur du Trimix, Afrique du Sud

Emmanuel Blanche
Emmanuel Blanche

Self - Médecin hyperbare de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

Florian Holon
Florian Holon

Self - Plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

Thibault Rauby
Thibault Rauby

Self - Biologiste, plongeur de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

Yanick Gentil
Yanick Gentil

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

Marc Herbin
Marc Herbin

Self - Spécialiste de la locomotion des vertebrés, CNRS / MNHN

Kerry Sink
Kerry Sink

Self - Chercheur au The South African Institute Aquatic Biodiversity

Cédric Gentil
Cédric Gentil

Self - Logisticien de l'expédition " Gombessa 1 "

Mélanie Faye
Mélanie Faye

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Gil Kébaïli
Writer
Gil Kébaïli
Director
Jacques Hinstin
Executive Producer
Laurent Ballesta
Writer