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