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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

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