
Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
Documentary · History · Drama
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...
Top Cast
Jacques Deshayes
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
Stéphane Thomas
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
David Erudel
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie Galant
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
Kristof Langromme
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
Eric Lauret
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Muriel Benard
Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)


Francis Convert
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
Mickaël Fontaine
Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
Fabrice Saubert
Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
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