Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of SlaveryMovie
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...
About Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery is a 2015 documentary, history, drama movie directed by William Cally.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 42m, production credits from Reunion, France, an original language code of FR.
The credited cast includes Jacques Deshayes, Stéphane Thomas, David Erudel, Ophélie Galant. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
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