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