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