700 Sharks
6.7
“The largest pack of grey sharks known to date...”
Gombessa Expedition 4 Laurent Ballesta went to observe a gathering of thousands of groupers during the full moon of June 2014 (Le mystère mérou) in the southern pass of the Polynesian atoll of Fakarava, where he discovered a pack of over seven hundred grey sharks. How can this unprecedented density be explained? Could it be that social behaviors govern this wild horde? During three years of preparation, he and the other divers on his international scientific team tamed their fear by abandoning the defensive reflexes that provoke shark aggression, with the aim of slipping into the heart of the raging pack to study and film it from the inside. Sharks fitted with microchips, receiving antennas, hydrophones, an ark of 32 synchronized cameras...: a whole technological arsenal is mobilized for the project. As the groupers approach for their annual spawning, what battle plan will the sharks deploy?
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Cast
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Laurent Ballesta
Self - Directeur de l'expédition, plongeur, biologiste et narrateur
Also in
Abysses, la conquête des fonds marins
Yannis Papastamatiou
Self - Docteur en biologie marine, plongeur (USA)
Luc Marescot
Rémi Berge
Charlie Huveneers
Self - Professeur écoloque des requins et raie (Autralie)
Also in
Mega Predators of Oz
Pamela Caragol Wells
Dan Nachtrab
Narrator
Julien Jaouen
Frédéric Bertucci
Self - Acousticien, université de Liège (Belgique)
Emilie Dumond
Hélène Coldefy
Éric Parmentier
Self - Dr. en acoustique et morphologie, université de Liège (Belgique)
Luc Marescot Director · Laurent Ballesta Writer Émilie Dumond Writer
First release June 9, 2018 · Produced in France · Languages French, German
Production
ARTE
Production · Distribution
Le Cinquième Rêve
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Andromède Océanologie
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LGB
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CNRS Images
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Filmin'Tahiti
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France
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Original title
700 requins dans la nuit
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Germany · June 9, 2018
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Brazil
January 20, 2023 · Digital · Disney+
France
June 9, 2018 · TV · Arte
February 5, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-ray
Japan
September 10, 2019 · TV
Spain
November 26, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Navarra - Museo de Ciencias
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