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Lest We Forget

Contre l’oubli

Release: 1991-12-11·Runtime: 112m·★ 7.0
DocumentaryDrama

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

Sami FreySami Freyas Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")Haroun TazieffHaroun Tazieffas Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")Alex DescasAlex Descasas Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")Alain SouchonAlain Souchonas Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")Paul AmarPaul Amaras Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")Robert BadinterRobert Badinteras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")Jane BirkinJane Birkinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")Edgar MorinEdgar Morinas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")Guy BedosGuy Bedosas Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")Hubert ReevesHubert Reevesas Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")MC SolaarMC Solaaras Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")Henri Cartier-BressonHenri Cartier-Bressonas Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")Anny DupereyAnny Dupereyas Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")André RousseletAndré Rousseletas Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")Abbé PierreAbbé Pierreas Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")Fidel CastroFidel Castroas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)Anouk GrinbergAnouk Grinbergas Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")Youssou N'DourYoussou N'Douras Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")Charlotte GainsbourgCharlotte Gainsbourgas Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")Bruno MasureBruno Masureas Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")Catherine DeneuveCatherine Deneuveas Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")Jacques HigelinJacques Higelinas Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")Michel PiccoliMichel Piccolias Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")Isabelle HuppertIsabelle Huppertas Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")François JacobFrançois Jacobas Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle Béartas Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitleras Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)Philippe NoiretPhilippe Noiretas Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")Alexandre MinkowskiAlexandre Minkowskias Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")Carole BouquetCarole Bouquetas Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")Marie TrintignantMarie Trintignantas Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")