Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)

N/A 102 min Movie
DocumentaryHistoryDrama

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...

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Cast

Jacques Deshayes Jacques Deshayes Narrator (voice)
Stéphane Thomas Stéphane Thomas Madame Desbassayns
David Erudel David Erudel Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie Galant Ophélie Galant Young Madame Debassayns
Kristof Langromme Kristof Langromme Slave Neptune
Eric Lauret Eric Lauret Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Muriel Benard Muriel Benard Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Francis Convert Francis Convert Abbé Macquet
Mickaël Fontaine Mickaël Fontaine Cavalier Desbassayns
Fabrice Saubert Fabrice Saubert Housing Manager
Teddy Lebon Teddy Lebon Charles Desbassayns
Fabrice Payet Fabrice Payet Joseph Desbassayns

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