Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
“The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!”
2015•1h 42m•Released
DocumentaryHistoryDrama
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...
Director
William Cally
Writer
William Cally, Sudel Fuma
Languages
French
Studio
Kapali Studios
Cast
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
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
Production
Company
Kapali Studios
Company
France Télévisions Distribution
Company
Région Réunion
Company
PROCIREP
Company
Ministère des Outre-Mer
Company
Angoa-Agicoa
Company
CNC
Company
COSIP
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