2011 • 26' • French
Director(s): Hervé Corbière & Jacques Navarro-Rovira • Producer(s): Grand Angle Productions & Bleu Lagon • Coproducer(s): Polynesie Premiere • Format(s): HD
At the dawn of the 21st century medicine is facing a doomsday scenario: bacteria and viruses have developed resistance and current medicines are no longer effective enough. So we must now create or find new molecules in order to produce the medicines of the future. For researchers and the pharmaceutical industry, the sea represents a major hope. Unknown, barely explored, the therapeutic potential of marine species is doubtless considerable. In New Caledonia the lagoon, listed as a world heritage site by Unesco in 2008, is a gigantic reservoir of biodiversity. The medicines of tomorrow may lie hidden in the depths of this Pacific archipelago. An archipelago with exceptional natural resources.
