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Lest We Forget

Contre l’oubli

Release: 1991-12-11·Runtime: 112m·★ 7.0
DocumentaryDrama

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

Isabelle HuppertIsabelle Huppertas Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")Haroun TazieffHaroun Tazieffas Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")Paul AmarPaul Amaras Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")Abbé PierreAbbé Pierreas Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")Catherine DeneuveCatherine Deneuveas Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")Youssou N'DourYoussou N'Douras Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")François JacobFrançois Jacobas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")Jacques HigelinJacques Higelinas Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle Béartas Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte Gainsbourgas Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")Alexandre MinkowskiAlexandre Minkowskias Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")André RousseletAndré Rousseletas Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")Bruno MasureBruno Masureas Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")Anouk GrinbergAnouk Grinbergas Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")Sami FreySami Freyas Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")Anny DupereyAnny Dupereyas Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")Alex DescasAlex Descasas Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")Hubert ReevesHubert Reevesas Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")MC SolaarMC Solaaras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")Henri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-Bressonas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")Edgar MorinEdgar Morinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")Philippe NoiretPhilippe Noiretas Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")Guy BedosGuy Bedosas Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")Fidel CastroFidel Castroas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)Marie TrintignantMarie Trintignantas Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")Robert BadinterRobert Badinteras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")Michel PiccoliMichel Piccolias Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitleras Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)Alain SouchonAlain Souchonas Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")Jane BirkinJane Birkinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")Carole BouquetCarole Bouquetas Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")

Crew

Philippe Muyl" />Philippe MuylDirectorMichel Deville" />Michel DevilleDirectorAlain Corneau" />Alain CorneauDirectorRaymond Depardon" />Raymond DepardonDirectorJean-Luc Godard" />Jean-Luc GodardDirectorJacques Deray" />Jacques DerayDirectorJane Birkin" />Jane BirkinDirectorBernard Giraudeau" />Bernard GiraudeauDirectorGérard Frot-Coutaz" />Gérard Frot-CoutazDirectorEdgar Morin" />Edgar MorinWriterPatrice Chéreau" />Patrice ChéreauDirectorBertrand Tavernier" />Bertrand TavernierDirectorPatrice Leconte" />Patrice LeconteDirectorNadine Trintignant" />Nadine TrintignantDirectorRené Allio" />René AllioDirectorJean-Michel Carré" />Jean-Michel CarréDirectorRomain Goupil" />Romain GoupilDirectorJacques Doillon" />Jacques DoillonDirectorMichel Piccoli" />Michel PiccoliDirectorLaurent Voulzy" />Laurent VoulzyMusicJoseph Haydn" />Joseph HaydnMusicWolfgang Amadeus Mozart" />Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMusicMaria João Pires" />Maria João PiresMusicianPeter Gabriel" />Peter GabrielMusicGeorg Solti" />Georg SoltiConductorAnne-Marie Miéville" />Anne-Marie MiévilleDirectorJean Becker" />Jean BeckerDirectorClaire Denis" />Claire DenisDirectorMC Solaar" />MC SolaarMusicCosta-Gavras" />Costa-GavrasDirectorJean-Loup Hubert" />Jean-Loup HubertDirectorAlain Resnais" />Alain ResnaisDirectorMartine Franck" />Martine FranckDirectorArvo Pärt" />Arvo PärtMusicMino Cinelu" />Mino CineluMusicChantal Akerman" />Chantal AkermanDirectorColine Serreau" />Coline SerreauDirectorRobert Kramer" />Robert KramerDirectorAlain Souchon" />Alain SouchonLyricistRobert Badinter" />Robert BadinterLyricistLaurent Petitgirard" />Laurent PetitgirardMusic