Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)
"The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!"
Documentary
History
Drama
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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...
Cast
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Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
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Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
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David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon D...
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Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassa...
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Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
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Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montb...
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Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des...
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
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Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
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Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
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Teddy Lebon
Charles Desbassayns
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Fabrice Payet
Joseph Desbassayns
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Basile Chevalier
"Montbrun" Desbassay...
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Marcelino Rivière
Julien Augustin Desb...
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Benjamin Palomé
Chemist Wetzell