
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
Henri Cartier-Bressonas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
Philippe Noiretas Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Marie Trintignantas Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")
Jane Birkinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Carole Bouquetas Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Edgar Morinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
MC Solaaras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
André Rousseletas Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")
Abbé Pierreas Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Alex Descasas Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Guy Bedosas Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")
Fidel Castroas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Anouk Grinbergas Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")
Jacques Higelinas Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")
Youssou N'Douras Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Sami Freyas Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
François Jacobas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
Robert Badinteras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Emmanuelle Béartas Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Catherine Deneuveas Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
Michel Piccolias Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
Charlotte Gainsbourgas Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Isabelle Huppertas Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Haroun Tazieffas Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")
Adolf Hitleras Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alexandre Minkowskias Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")
Bruno Masureas Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")
Alain Souchonas Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")
Hubert Reevesas Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")
Anny Dupereyas Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")
Paul Amaras Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")Crew
" />Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMusic
" />Alain SouchonLyricist
" />Coline SerreauDirector
" />Gérard Frot-CoutazDirector
" />MC SolaarMusic
" />Mino CineluMusic
" />René AllioDirector
" />Bertrand TavernierDirector
" />Robert KramerDirector
" />Martine FranckDirector
" />Peter GabrielMusic
" />Michel DevilleDirector
" />Patrice LeconteDirector
" />Jacques DoillonDirector
" />Jane BirkinDirector
" />Costa-GavrasDirector
" />Jean BeckerDirector
" />Jean-Michel CarréDirector
" />Bernard GiraudeauDirector
" />Claire DenisDirector
" />Jean-Luc GodardDirector
" />Jean-Loup HubertDirector
" />Anne-Marie MiévilleDirector
" />Edgar MorinWriter
" />Jacques DerayDirector
" />Joseph HaydnMusic
" />Robert BadinterLyricist
" />Georg SoltiConductor
" />Raymond DepardonDirector
" />Philippe MuylDirector
" />Alain CorneauDirector
" />Maria João PiresMusician
" />Alain ResnaisDirector
" />Patrice ChéreauDirector
" />Chantal AkermanDirector
" />Romain GoupilDirector
" />Laurent VoulzyMusic
" />Laurent PetitgirardMusic
" />Arvo PärtMusic
" />Nadine TrintignantDirector
" />Michel PiccoliDirector