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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)

1h 42m | PG-13

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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...

Director: William Cally

Studio: Kapali Studios

Genre: Documentary, History, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

Jacques Deshayes

Jacques Deshayes

as Narrator (voice)

Stéphane Thomas

Stéphane Thomas

as Madame Desbassayns

David Erudel

David Erudel

as Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Ophélie Galant

Ophélie Galant

as Young Madame Debassayns

Kristof Langromme

Kristof Langromme

as Slave Neptune

Eric Lauret

Eric Lauret

as Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)