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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!

HD0

2015

1h 42m

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...

Top Cast

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Jacques Deshayes

as Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

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Stéphane Thomas

as Madame Desbassayns

Madame Desbassayns

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David Erudel

as Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

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Ophélie Galant

as Young Madame Debassayns

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Kristof Langromme

as Slave Neptune

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Eric Lauret

as Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

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Muriel Benard

as Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

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as Abbé Macquet

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as Cavalier Desbassayns

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Fabrice Saubert

as Housing Manager

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Info

StatusReleased

Languagefr

RevenueN/A