2012 • 28' • French & English
Director(s): Christian Arti • Producer(s): Grand Angle Productions • Coproducer(s): Polynésie Premiere • Format(s): HD
Every year, certain humpback whales migrate from the Antarctic to French Polynesia. From June to November, these isolated islands in the Pacific become their summer resort. (In 2002 Polynesia created a whale sanctuary).
And each year the whales return to our waters in greater numbers. From time to time, they come face to face with us: the first encounter stays in the mind for ever.
Whale lovers are those who go out to encounter them, day after day. They try to be accepted, to understand them better, to protect them better. Pacific Horizon introduces us to a few of them: like Michael Poole, who studies them, Denis Lagrange, who films them, Pierre Folin, who loves them and Thierry Summer, the man who swims with them.
Destination Tahiti, Moorea and the Marquesas islands to meet these surprising mammals.
