Magically Simple - Tahiti Pearls : the Oysters' Secret

Directed by

Vincent Basso-Bondini

Produced by

Riff

Documentary, France, 2007, 26 min

Fred and Jamy travel to Manihi Atoll in order to understand how pearl farms manage to extract magnificent mother-of-pearls spheres out of mollusks. From shell breeding to beautiful jewel crafting, they tell us of the whole history of the Tahitian pearls.

Debate with :

• Bruno Bucher, chief editor for C'est pas sorcier
• Christian Milet, researcher in the Aquatic environments and population department

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