Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

2015
1h 42m
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Documentary History Drama

"The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!"

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...

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies
Kapali Studios France Télévisions Distribution Région Réunion PROCIREP Ministère des Outre-Mer Angoa-Agicoa CNC COSIP
Production Countries
Reunion France
Spoken Languages
French

Keywords

slavery colonialism french colonialism french colony la réunion madame desbassyns

Quick Facts

Original Title Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
Release Date January 1, 2015
Status Released
Language FR

Cast

Jacques Deshayes
Jacques Deshayes

Narrator (voice)

Stéphane Thomas
Stéphane Thomas

Madame Desbassayns

David Erudel
David Erudel

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Ophélie Galant
Ophélie Galant

Young Madame Debassayns

Kristof Langromme
Kristof Langromme

Slave Neptune

Eric Lauret
Eric Lauret

Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

Muriel Benard
Muriel Benard

Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

Francis Convert
Francis Convert

Abbé Macquet

Mickaël Fontaine
Mickaël Fontaine

Cavalier Desbassayns

Fabrice Saubert
Fabrice Saubert

Housing Manager

Teddy Lebon
Teddy Lebon

Charles Desbassayns

Fabrice Payet
Fabrice Payet

Joseph Desbassayns

Key Crew

William Cally
Director
William Cally
Writer
Sudel Fuma
Writer