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