Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!

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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2015

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France Télévisions DistributionPROCIREPAngoa-AgicoaCNC

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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)

Muriel Benard

Muriel Benard

As Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

Francis Convert

Francis Convert

As Abbé Macquet

Mickaël Fontaine

Mickaël Fontaine

As Cavalier Desbassayns

Fabrice Saubert

Fabrice Saubert

As Housing Manager

Teddy Lebon

Teddy Lebon

As Charles Desbassayns

Fabrice Payet

Fabrice Payet

As Joseph Desbassayns

Basile Chevalier

Basile Chevalier

As "Montbrun" Desbassayns

Marcelino Rivière

Marcelino Rivière

As Julien Augustin Desbassayns

Benjamin Palomé

Benjamin Palomé

As Chemist Wetzell

Evelyne Robert

Evelyne Robert

As Servant Marie-Barbe

Arielle Belus

Arielle Belus

As Slave Honorine

Marie-Dolaine Guichard

Marie-Dolaine Guichard

As Nénène Madeline

Dina Dianore

Dina Dianore

As Young Nénène Madeline

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