Narrator (voice)
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
“The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!”
2015
1h 42m
DocumentaryHistoryDrama
Director: William Cally
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...
Cast
Madame Desbassayns
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Young Madame Debassayns
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
Slave Neptune
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Abbé Macquet
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
Cavalier Desbassayns
Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
Housing Manager
Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
Charles Desbassayns
Teddy Lebon
Charles Desbassayns
Joseph Desbassayns
Fabrice Payet
Joseph Desbassayns
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