The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project
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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Movie Details
- Original Title: Le Cœlacanthe, plongée vers nos origines
- Genres: Documentary
- Release Date: 2013-11-02
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Rating: 8.2/10 (7 votes)
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $0
- Production Companies: ARTE, Les Films d'Ici, Andromède Océanologie, CNRS Images
- Status: Released
- Popularity: 0.4781
- Languages: English, French
Cast & Crew
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 "
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Trailers & Clips
Gombessa I - Rencontre avec le Coelacanthe - Ep01 -
Gombessa I - Rencontre avec le Coelacanthe - Ep04
Gombessa I - Rencontre avec le Coelacanthe - Ep05
Gombessa I - Rencontre avec le coelacanthe - Ep09
Gombessa I - Rencontre avec le Coelacanthe - Ep12
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The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins is a Documentary movie directed by . It was released on 2013-11-02.
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A unique human adventure and a media-worthy scientific project
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The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins has an IMDb rating of 8.2/10 based on 7 votes.
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