Before being an earthly paradise with enchanting colours, the lagoon of NewCaledonia is above all a paradise for sharks. Usually considered as fierce predators, sharks really are opportunistic scavengers.

Scavengers that are not too picky when it comes to their menu: feathers, fins or fur, anything will do.

Amongst the most striking scenes which punctuate this documentary filmed for four years in New Caledonia, is the neverseenbefore sequence of the planet’s greatest animal, a weakened blue whale, attacked and cleaned up by hordes of sharks from the surface down to the abyss. High quality images and a dramatic backdrop soundtrack plunge us into the shark's world.

Authors: Cyril Barbançon, Bertrand Loyer

Awards:
Japan Wildlife Film Festival
Japan, 2003
Best Underwater Film