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...
Cast
Jacques Deshayes
Narrator (voice)
Stéphane Thomas
Madame Desbassayns
David Erudel
Henri Paulin Panon Desbassayns
Ophélie Galant
Young Madame Debassayns
Kristof Langromme
Slave Neptune
Eric Lauret
Julien Gonneau Montbrun (father)
Muriel Benard
Marie-Thérèse L. des Sablons (mother)
Francis Convert
Abbé Macquet
Mickaël Fontaine
Cavalier Desbassayns
Fabrice Saubert
Housing Manager
Teddy Lebon
Charles Desbassayns
Fabrice Payet
Joseph Desbassayns
Basile Chevalier
"Montbrun" Desbassayns
Marcelino Rivière
Julien Augustin Desbassayns
Benjamin Palomé
Chemist Wetzell
Evelyne Robert
Servant Marie-Barbe
Arielle Belus
Slave Honorine
Marie-Dolaine Guichard
Nénène Madeline
Dina Dianore
Young Nénène Madeline
Crew
Olivier Mehari
Head Decorator
William Cally
Director, Writer
Sudel Fuma
Writer
Mickaël Cally
Assistant Editor
Axel Mainfroi
Director of Photography
Camille Bessiere-Mithra
Assistant Director
Johann Govindin
Production Assistant
Marie-Claude M'Houmadim'sa
Costume Designer
Warren Samuelsen
Makeup Department Head
Julien Sena
Sound Director
Christophe Robert
Sound Assistant
Sandrine Dime
Production Director
Geoffrey aktini
Assistant Decorator
Karim Debbache
Assistant Decorator
Totow Wilka
Editorial Manager
Romain Cally
Production Manager
Jérôme Clausse
Drone Operator
Sevan Blain
Drone Operator
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