Movies: Laurent Ballesta

  • 2021
    The mysteries of Mont La Pérouse

    The mysteries of Mont La Pérouse (2021)

    The mysteries of Mont La Pérouse

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    160 km southwest of Reunion Island, just a few dozen metres beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean, lies the peak of an underwater volcanic structure known as Mont La Pérouse. The base of this enigmatic geological formation lies 5000 meters below se...

    The mysteries of Mont La Pérouse
  • 2015
    The Grouper Mystery

    The Grouper Mystery (2015)

    The Grouper Mystery

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    In French Polynesia, there is a place where every year, thousands of groupers gather in secret followed by hundreds of sharks… The photographer, diver and biologist Laurent Ballesta, with his team, wanted to better understand what motivates these fis...

    The Grouper Mystery
  • 2016
    Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor

    Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor (2016)

    Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor

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    Gombessa Expedition 3 Protected by an international treaty Antarctica has been spared the effects of hunting and fishing. But signs in ice’s cyclical patterns and its biodiversity have become worrying. Connected to the planet’s global ecosystem via ...

    Antarctica, in the footsteps of the Emperor
  • 2013
    The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins

    The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins (2013)

    The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins

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    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 mill...

    The Coelacanth, a dive into our origins
  • 2018
    700 Sharks

    700 Sharks (2018)

    700 Sharks

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    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 hundr...

    700 Sharks
  • 2020
    The Deep Med

    The Deep Med (2020)

    The Deep Med

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    The Mediterranean. Because people have been travelling there for thousands of years, it is believed to be without secrets. And yet, far below its surface, lie vast unexplored territories, luxurious gardens worthy of the finest tropical coral reefs. T...

    The Deep Med
  • 2016
    700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)

    700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis) (2016)

    700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)

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    Originally, in 2014, Laurent Ballesta had just one precise objective: to unravel the mystery of groupers. To understand the issues involved in their collective reproduction. But although focused on the study of groupers, the real surprise came from t...

    700 Sharks (Gombessa 4, Genesis)
  • 2021
    Abysses, la conquête des fonds marins

    Abysses, la conquête des fonds marins (2021)

    Abysses, la conquête des fonds marins

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    Abysses, la conquête des fonds marins
  • 2000
    Ushuaïa - Les Seigneurs Des Océans

    Ushuaïa - Les Seigneurs Des Océans (2000)

    Ushuaïa - Les Seigneurs Des Océans

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    Ushuaïa - Les Seigneurs Des Océans
  • 1969
    The Mystery of the Med Rings

    The Mystery of the Med Rings (1969)

    The Mystery of the Med Rings

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    Explore the mysterious giant rings of the Mediterranean, buried at a depth of 120m, with the world-famous Laurent Ballesta, world-renowned diver and his team, to understand the origin of these unique and unknown formations....

    The Mystery of the Med Rings