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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

20151h 42mMovieDocumentaryHistoryDrama

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…

DirectorWilliam Cally
WritersWilliam Cally·Sudel Fuma

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Cast · Directed by William Cally

JD
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
ST
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
DE
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
OG
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
KL
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
EL
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
MB
Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
FCFrancis Convert
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
MF
Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
FS
Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
TL
Teddy Lebon
Charles Desbassayns
FP
Fabrice Payet
Joseph Desbassayns

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