Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
William Cally
2015 • 1h 42m
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...
Cast
Jacques DeshayesNarrator (voice)
Stéphane ThomasMadame Desbassayns
David ErudelHenri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie GalantYoung Madame Debassayns
Kristof LangrommeSlave Neptune
Eric LauretJulien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Muriel BenardMarie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Mickaël FontaineCavalier Desbassayns
Fabrice SaubertHousing Manager
Teddy LebonCharles Desbassayns
Fabrice PayetJoseph Desbassayns
Basile Chevalier"Montbrun" Desbassayns
Marcelino RivièreJulien Augustin Desbassayns
Benjamin PaloméChemist Wetzell
