Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!
January 1, 2015
1h 42m
Overview
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 MacquetMickaël Fontaine
Cavalier DesbassaynsFabrice Saubert
Housing ManagerTeddy Lebon
Charles DesbassaynsFabrice Payet
Joseph DesbassaynsBasile Chevalier
"Montbrun" DesbassaynsMarcelino Rivière
Julien Augustin DesbassaynsBenjamin Palomé
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