Movie Description
Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
(2015)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...
Featured Crew
- Director : William Cally
- Writer : William Cally,Sudel Fuma
- Cast : Jacques Deshayes,Stéphane Thomas,David Erudel,Ophélie Galant,Kristof Langromme,Eric Lauret,Muriel Benard,Francis Convert,Mickaël Fontaine,Fabrice Saubert,Teddy Lebon,Fabrice Payet,Basile Chevalier,Marcelino Rivière,Benjamin Palomé,Evelyne Robert,Arielle Belus,Marie-Dolaine Guichard,Dina Dianore
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Madame Desbassayns
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Young Madame Debassayns
Slave Neptune
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Abbé Macquet
Cavalier Desbassayns
Housing Manager
Charles Desbassayns
Joseph Desbassayns
"Montbrun" Desbassayns
Julien Augustin Desbassayns
Chemist Wetzell
Servant Marie-Barbe
Slave Honorine
Nénène Madeline
Young Nénène Madeline
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Facts
Original TitleMadame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
Status Released
Release Information
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2015-01-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 42m
Production CompaniesKapali Studios,France Télévisions Distribution,Région Réunion,PROCIREP,Ministère des Outre-Mer,Angoa-Agicoa,CNC,COSIP
Genres
- Documentary
- History
- Drama
