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Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
2015 · 1h 42m
Directed by William Cally
The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!
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...
Jacques Deshayes
as Narrator (voice)
Stéphane Thomas
as Madame Desbassayns
David Erudel
as Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie Galant
as Young Madame Debassayns
Kristof Langromme
as Slave Neptune
Eric Lauret
as Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Muriel Benard
as Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
January 1, 2015 · 1h 42m
The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!
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...
Jacques Deshayes
as Narrator (voice)
Stéphane Thomas
as Madame Desbassayns
David Erudel
as Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie Galant
as Young Madame Debassayns
Kristof Langromme
as Slave Neptune
Eric Lauret
as Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Muriel Benard
as Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)