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Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

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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.

Original titleContre l’oubli
Release1991-12-11
Runtime112 min
StatusReleased
CountriesFrance
Original languageFR
SpokenArabic, Spanish, French, English
DirectorDominique Dante, Bernard Giraudeau, René Allio, Jacques Doillon, Jane Birkin, Raymond Depardon, Bertrand Tavernier, Nadine Trintignant, Jacques Deray, Denis Amar, Costa-Gavras, Coline Serreau, Sarah Moon, Jean Becker, Jean-Michel Carré, Claire Denis, Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, Philippe Muyl, Alain Corneau, Michel Piccoli, Alain Resnais, Jean-Loup Hubert, Robert Kramer, Michel Deville, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Francis Girod, Patrice Leconte, Patrice Chéreau, Chantal Akerman, Romain Goupil, Martine Franck
WritersMichel Grisolia, Edgar Morin, Alain Souchon, Robert Badinter
ProductionAmnesty International, Les Films du Paradoxe
Votes3
Popularity1
TMDB ID49116

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart

Emmanuelle Béart

Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")

Sami Frey

Sami Frey

Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")

Gérald Thomassin

Self (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")

Carole Bouquet

Carole Bouquet

Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edgar Morin

Edgar Morin

Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")

Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret

Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")

Haroun Tazieff

Haroun Tazieff

Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")

Mulugetta Mosissa

Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")

Anny Duperey

Anny Duperey

Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")

Alexandre Minkowski

Alexandre Minkowski

Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")

André Rousselet

André Rousselet

Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")

Bruno Masure

Bruno Masure

Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")

Paul Amar

Paul Amar

Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")

Abbé Pierre

Abbé Pierre

Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

Alex Descas

Alex Descas

Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

Guy Bedos

Guy Bedos

Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")

Alain Souchon

Alain Souchon

Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")

Bernard Stasi

Self (segment "Pour Vythialingam Skandarajah, Royaume Uni")

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