
Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery
Madame Desbassayns: Mythe et réalité d'une icône de l'esclavage
Madame Desbassayns: Myth and Reality of an Icon of Slavery Free Online HD on Lookmovie. 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...
- Genre: Documentary, History, Drama
- Country: Reunion, France
- Director: William Cally
- Cast: Jacques Deshayes, Stéphane Thomas, David Erudel, Ophélie Galant, Kristof Langromme, Eric Lauret, Muriel Benard, Francis Convert, Mickaël Fontaine, Fabrice Saubert, Teddy Lebon, Fabrice Payet, Basile Chevalier, Marcelino Rivière, Benjamin Palomé, Evelyne Robert, Arielle Belus, Marie-Dolaine Guichard, Dina Dianore,

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