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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

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·2015· 102 min
DocumentaryHistoryDrama

Director: William Cally

"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...

Cast

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Jacques Deshayes

Narrator (voice)

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Stéphane Thomas

Madame Desbassayns

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David Erudel

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

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Ophélie Galant

Young Madame Debassayns

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Kristof Langromme

Slave Neptune

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Eric Lauret

Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

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Muriel Benard

Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

Francis Convert

Francis Convert

Abbé Macquet

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Mickaël Fontaine

Cavalier Desbassayns

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Fabrice Saubert

Housing Manager

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Teddy Lebon

Charles Desbassayns

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Fabrice Payet

Joseph Desbassayns

In brief

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015) is a documentary, history, drama film. The film has not yet gathered many viewer ratings. The film runs 1h 42min. Check current streaming availability in the "Where to watch" section above.

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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery runs 102 minutes (1h 42min).

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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery was released in 2015.

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