Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
First aired on Jan 1, 2015
Runtime: 102 mins
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Genres: 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...
Featured Cast: click image to view more
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)
Featured Crew
William Cally | Director
William Cally | Writer
Sudel Fuma | Writer
Romain Cally | Production Manager
Johann Govindin | Production Assistant
Sandrine Dime | Production Director
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