Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
William Cally2015-01-01
The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!
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102 min
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...
Cast
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Jacques Deshayes | Narrator (voice) | Unowned |
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Stéphane Thomas | Madame Desbassayns | Unowned |
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David Erudel | Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns | Unowned |
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Ophélie Galant | Young Madame Debassayns | Unowned |
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Kristof Langromme | Slave Neptune | Unowned |
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Eric Lauret | Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father) | Unowned |
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Muriel Benard | Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother) | Unowned |
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Francis Convert | Abbé Macquet | Unowned |
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Mickaël Fontaine | Cavalier Desbassayns | Unowned |
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Fabrice Saubert | Housing Manager | Unowned |
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Teddy Lebon | Charles Desbassayns | Unowned |
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Fabrice Payet | Joseph Desbassayns | Unowned |
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Basile Chevalier | "Montbrun" Desbassayns | Unowned |
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Marcelino Rivière | Julien Augustin Desbassayns | Unowned |
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Benjamin Palomé | Chemist Wetzell | Unowned |
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Evelyne Robert | Servant Marie-Barbe | Unowned |
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Arielle Belus | Slave Honorine | Unowned |
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Marie-Dolaine Guichard | Nénène Madeline | Unowned |
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Dina Dianore | Young Nénène Madeline | Unowned |