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Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery

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...

Director: William Cally

Cast: Jacques Deshayes, Stéphane Thomas, David Erudel, Ophélie Galant, Kristof Langromme