(Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage)

Content: 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...

Countries:

Reunion,

France

Genres:

Documentary,

History,

Drama

Runtime:

102 minutes

Year:

2015

Directors:

William Cally

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Production companies:

Kapali Studios,

France Télévisions Distribution,

Région Réunion,

PROCIREP,

Ministère des Outre-Mer,

Angoa-Agicoa,

CNC,

COSIP

Actors:

Narrator (voice)

Madame Desbassayns

Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns

Young Madame Debassayns

Slave Neptune

Crews:

Director

Writer

Writer

Production Manager

Production Assistant