Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

William Cally

2015•102 min.•

ReunionFrance

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...

Documentary
History
Drama

Cast

JD
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
ST
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
DE
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
OG
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
KL
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
EL
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
MB
Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
FC
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
MF
Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
FS
Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
TL
Teddy Lebon
Charles Desbassayns
FP
Fabrice Payet
Joseph Desbassayns
BC
Basile Chevalier
"Montbrun" Desbassayns
MR
Marcelino Rivière
Julien Augustin Desbassayns
BP
Benjamin Palomé
Chemist Wetzell
ER
Evelyne Robert
Servant Marie-Barbe
AB
Arielle Belus
Slave Honorine
MG
Marie-Dolaine Guichard
Nénène Madeline
DD
Dina Dianore
Young Nénène Madeline

Crew

WC
William Cally
Directing
WC
William Cally
Writing
SF
Sudel Fuma
Writing
RC
Romain Cally
Production
JG
Johann Govindin
Production
SD
Sandrine Dime
Production
AM
Axel Mainfroi
Camera
CB
Camille Bessière-Mithra
Directing
JC
Jérôme Clausse
Crew
SB
Sevan Blain
Crew
OM
Olivier Mehari
Art
Ga
Geoffrey aktini
Art
Karim Debbache
Art
JS
Julien Sena
Sound
CR
Christophe Robert
Sound
WS
Warren Samuelsen
Costume & Make-Up
MM
Marie-Claude M'Houmadim'sa
Costume & Make-Up
TW
Totow Wilka
Editing
MC
Mickaël Cally
Editing