Lest We Forget
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.
Director Chantal Akerman, Jane Birkin, Claire Denis, Nadine Trintignant, Michel Deville, Jean Becker, Philippe Muyl, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Luc Godard, Martine Franck, Romain Goupil, Alain Resnais, Robert Kramer, Jacques Deray, Costa-Gavras, Patrice Chéreau, Michel Piccoli, Alain Corneau, Bertrand Tavernier, Raymond Depardon, Jacques Doillon, Coline Serreau, René Allio, Jean-Michel Carré, Jean-Loup Hubert, Anne-Marie Miéville, Patrice Leconte
Cast
Emmanuelle Béart
Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Haroun Tazieff
Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")
MC Solaar
Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Anouk Grinberg
Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")
Jane Birkin
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
François Jacob
Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
Marie Trintignant
Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")
Michel Piccoli
Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Adolf Hitler
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jacques Higelin
Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")
Youssou N'Dour
Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Carole Bouquet
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Alexandre Minkowski
Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")
Alain Souchon
Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")
Catherine Deneuve
Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
Robert Badinter
Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Abbé Pierre
Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Alex Descas
Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Edgar Morin
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Anny Duperey
Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")
André Rousselet
Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")
Sami Frey
Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Bruno Masure
Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")
Paul Amar
Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")
Hubert Reeves
Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")
Fidel Castro
Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Philippe Noiret
Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Isabelle Huppert
Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Guy Bedos
Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")