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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
2015•1h 42m•Documentary•History•Drama
Story Line
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...
“The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!”
Top Cast
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
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Rating
0.0/ 10
Release Date
2015-01-01
Runtime
1h 42m
Genres
DocumentaryHistoryDrama
