
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...

Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)

Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns

David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns

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Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
January 1, 2015
1h 42m
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William Cally
William Cally, Sudel Fuma
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Kapali Studios
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France Télévisions Distribution
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Région Réunion
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PROCIREP
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Ministère des Outre-Mer
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Angoa-Agicoa
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CNC
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Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune

Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet

Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns

Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
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