Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery (2015)

The horrible story of a mythical slave owner!

  • Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
  • Release Date: 2015-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 42min
  • Language: Français
  • Production Company: Kapali Studios
  • Production Country: Reunion, France
  • Director: William Cally

Summary

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...

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  • Jacques Deshayes

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Stéphane Thomas

    as Madame Desbassayns

  • David Erudel

    as Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

  • Ophélie Galant

    as Young Madame Debassayns

  • Kristof Langromme

    as Slave Neptune

  • Eric Lauret

    as Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)

  • Muriel Benard

    as Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)

  • Francis Convert

    as Abbé Macquet

  • Mickaël Fontaine

    as Cavalier Desbassayns

  • Fabrice Saubert

    as Housing Manager

  • Teddy Lebon

    as Charles Desbassayns

  • Fabrice Payet

    as Joseph Desbassayns

  • Basile Chevalier

    as "Montbrun" Desbassayns

  • Marcelino Rivière

    as Julien Augustin Desbassayns

  • Benjamin Palomé

    as Chemist Wetzell

  • Evelyne Robert

    as Servant Marie-Barbe

  • Arielle Belus

    as Slave Honorine

  • Marie-Dolaine Guichard

    as Nénène Madeline

  • Dina Dianore

    as Young Nénène Madeline
Directing William Cally Director
Writing William Cally Writer
Writing Sudel Fuma Writer
Production Romain Cally Production Manager
Production Johann Govindin Production Assistant
Production Sandrine Dime Production Director
Camera Axel Mainfroi Director of Photography
Directing Camille Bessiere-Mithra Assistant Director
Crew Jérôme Clausse Drone Operator
Crew Sevan Blain Drone Operator
Art Olivier Mehari Head Decorator
Art Geoffrey aktini Assistant Decorator
Art Karim Debbache Assistant Decorator
Sound Julien Sena Sound Director
Sound Christophe Robert Sound Assistant
Costume & Make-Up Warren Samuelsen Makeup Department Head
Costume & Make-Up Marie-Claude M'Houmadim'sa Costume Designer
Editing Totow Wilka Editorial Manager
Editing Mickaël Cally Assistant Editor

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