Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery 2015
The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!
Directed by William Cally
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102 min
Documentary
History
Drama
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 · Narrator (voice)Stéphane Thomas · Madame DesbassaynsDavid Erudel · Henri Paulin Panon DesbassaynsOphélie Galant · Young Madame DebassaynsKristof Langromme · Slave NeptuneEric Lauret · Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)Muriel Benard · Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)Francis Convert · Abbé Macquet
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