Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

Name: Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
Director: William Cally
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
Released: 2015-01-01T
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 0.0
Cast: Jacques Deshayes, Stéphane Thomas, David Erudel, Ophélie Galant, Kristof Langromme

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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...

Actor: Jacques Deshayes, Stéphane Thomas, David Erudel, Ophélie Galant, Kristof Langromme, Eric Lauret, Muriel Benard, Francis Convert, Mickaël Fontaine, Fabrice Saubert

Director: William Cally

Years: 2015

Country: Reunion, France

Quality: HD

Production: Kapali Studios, France Télévisions Distribution, Région Réunion, PROCIREP, Ministère des Outre-Mer, Angoa-Agicoa, CNC, COSIP

Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

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