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