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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!
Jan 1, 2015 · 1h 42m
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History
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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...

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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
Directed by William Cally

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
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Production
Kapali Studios, France Télévisions Distribution, Région Réunion, PROCIREP, Ministère des Outre-Mer, Angoa-Agicoa, CNC, COSIP
Country
FR, RE

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