
Lest We Forget
Contre l’oubli
Release: 1991-12-11·Runtime: 112m·★ 7.0
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A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas Wanggai, West Papuan activist who has since died in prison. The short films were commissioned by Amnesty International.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Amnesty International
Les Films du Paradoxe
Cast
Carole Bouquetas Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Haroun Tazieffas Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")
Bruno Masureas Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")
Hubert Reevesas Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")
Jacques Higelinas Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")
François Jacobas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
Sami Freyas Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Henri Cartier-Bressonas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
Alexandre Minkowskias Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")
André Rousseletas Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")
Robert Badinteras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Michel Piccolias Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
Isabelle Huppertas Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Emmanuelle Béartas Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Guy Bedosas Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")
Jane Birkinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Charlotte Gainsbourgas Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Edgar Morinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Alain Souchonas Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")
Fidel Castroas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Youssou N'Douras Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Adolf Hitleras Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paul Amaras Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")
Abbé Pierreas Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Alex Descasas Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Catherine Deneuveas Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
MC Solaaras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Philippe Noiretas Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Anny Dupereyas Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")
Marie Trintignantas Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")
Anouk Grinbergas Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")Crew
" />Robert KramerDirector
" />Claire DenisDirector
" />Jean-Michel CarréDirector
" />Edgar MorinWriter
" />Alain SouchonLyricist
" />Jacques DoillonDirector
" />Jane BirkinDirector
" />Nadine TrintignantDirector
" />Alain ResnaisDirector
" />Laurent VoulzyMusic
" />Arvo PärtMusic
" />Raymond DepardonDirector
" />Bernard GiraudeauDirector
" />Jean-Luc GodardDirector
" />MC SolaarMusic
" />Mino CineluMusic
" />Philippe MuylDirector
" />Bertrand TavernierDirector
" />Jacques DerayDirector
" />Romain GoupilDirector
" />Martine FranckDirector
" />Robert BadinterLyricist
" />Michel PiccoliDirector
" />Chantal AkermanDirector
" />Costa-GavrasDirector
" />Coline SerreauDirector
" />Jean-Loup HubertDirector
" />Gérard Frot-CoutazDirector
" />Maria João PiresMusician
" />René AllioDirector
" />Anne-Marie MiévilleDirector
" />Jean BeckerDirector
" />Peter GabrielMusic
" />Michel DevilleDirector
" />Patrice LeconteDirector
" />Joseph HaydnMusic
" />Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMusic
" />Laurent PetitgirardMusic
" />Georg SoltiConductor
" />Patrice ChéreauDirector
" />Alain CorneauDirector