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