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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

(Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage)

“The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!”

20151h 42mDramaDocumentaryHistory

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...

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Created By

Writers
Sudel Fuma
Status
Released
Original Title
Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
Production Countries
Reunion, France

Cast

Acting

Jacques Deshayes

Narrator (voice)
Acting

Stéphane Thomas

Madame Desbassayns
Acting

David Erudel

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Acting

Ophélie Galant

Young Madame Debassayns
Acting

Kristof Langromme

Slave Neptune
Acting

Eric Lauret

Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Acting

Muriel Benard

Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Acting

Francis Convert

Abbé Macquet
Acting

Mickaël Fontaine

Cavalier Desbassayns
Acting

Fabrice Saubert

Housing Manager