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Cast

Jacques Deshayes

Jacques Deshayes

Narrator (voice)

Stéphane Thomas

Stéphane Thomas

Madame Desbassayns

David Erudel

David Erudel

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Ophélie Galant

Ophélie Galant

Young Madame Debassayns

Kristof Langromme

Kristof Langromme

Slave Neptune

Eric Lauret

Eric Lauret

Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

Muriel Benard

Muriel Benard

Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

Francis Convert

Francis Convert

Abbé Macquet

Mickaël Fontaine

Mickaël Fontaine

Cavalier Desbassayns

Fabrice Saubert

Fabrice Saubert

Housing Manager

Teddy Lebon

Teddy Lebon

Charles Desbassayns

Fabrice Payet

Fabrice Payet

Joseph Desbassayns

Basile Chevalier

Basile Chevalier

"Montbrun" Desbassayns

Marcelino Rivière

Marcelino Rivière

Julien Augustin Desbassayns

Benjamin Palomé

Benjamin Palomé

Chemist Wetzell

Evelyne Robert

Evelyne Robert

Servant Marie-Barbe

Arielle Belus

Arielle Belus

Slave Honorine

Marie-Dolaine Guichard

Marie-Dolaine Guichard

Nénène Madeline

Dina Dianore

Dina Dianore

Young Nénène Madeline

Crew

William Cally

William Cally

Director

William Cally

William Cally

Writer

Sudel Fuma

Sudel Fuma

Writer

Romain Cally

Romain Cally

Production Manager

Johann Govindin

Johann Govindin

Production Assistant

Sandrine Dime

Sandrine Dime

Production Director

Axel Mainfroi

Axel Mainfroi

Director of Photography

Camille Bessière-Mithra

Camille Bessière-Mithra

Assistant Director

Jérôme Clausse

Jérôme Clausse

Drone Operator

Sevan Blain

Sevan Blain

Drone Operator

Olivier Mehari

Olivier Mehari

Head Decorator

Geoffrey aktini

Geoffrey aktini

Assistant Decorator

Karim Debbache

Karim Debbache

Assistant Decorator

Julien Sena

Julien Sena

Sound Director

Christophe Robert

Christophe Robert

Sound Assistant

Warren Samuelsen

Warren Samuelsen

Makeup Department Head

Marie-Claude M'Houmadim'sa

Marie-Claude M'Houmadim'sa

Costume Designer

Totow Wilka

Totow Wilka

Editorial Manager

Mickaël Cally

Mickaël Cally

Assistant Editor

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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

20150.0 / 10102 min
Documentary, History, Drama

Overview

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...