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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...
January 1, 2015
Kapali Studios, France Télévisions Distribution
19 people
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
Acting
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
Acting
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
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Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
Production
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
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Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
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Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
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Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
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Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
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Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
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Teddy Lebon
Charles Desbassayns
Acting
Fabrice Payet
Joseph Desbassayns
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