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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

2015•1h 42m•Documentary•History•Drama

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!

The life of Mrs. Desbassayns is exceptional in more than one way in the history of slavery on the island of Réunion. Married at the age of 15 to the forty-year-old Henri-Paulin Panon Desbassayns, this young Creole woman named Hombeline Gonneau immediately embarked on an extraordinary journey. She found herself, in fact, at the head of the most powerful landowning family...

William Cally · Director

William Cally · Writer

Sudel Fuma · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 42m
LanguageFR
Release DateJan 1, 2015

Actors

Jacques Deshayes

Narrator (voice)

Stéphane Thomas

Madame Desbassayns

David Erudel

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Ophélie Galant

Young Madame Debassayns

Kristof Langromme

Slave Neptune

Eric Lauret

Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

Muriel Benard

Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

Francis Convert

Francis Convert

Abbé Macquet

Mickaël Fontaine

Cavalier Desbassayns

Fabrice Saubert

Housing Manager

Teddy Lebon

Charles Desbassayns

Fabrice Payet

Joseph Desbassayns

Basile Chevalier

"Montbrun" Desbassayns

Marcelino Rivière

Julien Augustin Desbassayns

Benjamin Palomé

Chemist Wetzell

Evelyne Robert

Servant Marie-Barbe

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