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