Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)
1h 42m | PG-13
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
Cast
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)