Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)
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Subtitles for: Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)
"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...
| Genre | Documentary History Drama |
| Duration | 1h 42m |
| Country | Reunion, France |
| Release | 01 Jan 2015 |
| Language | FR |
| Director | William Cally |
| Keywords | slavery colonialism french colonialism french colony la réunion madame desbassyns |
| Type | Movie Released |
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)
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Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
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Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
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Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
