Lest We Forget
Contre l’oubli
Documentary
Drama
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.
1991-12-11
fr
Cast
Director
Patrice Chéreau
Director
Philippe Muyl
Director
Chantal Akerman
Director
René Allio
Director
Jean Becker
Director
Jane Birkin
Director
Jean-Michel Carré
Director
Alain Corneau
Director
Costa-Gavras
Director
Claire Denis
Director
Raymond Depardon
Director
Jacques Deray
Director
Michel Deville
Director
Jacques Doillon
Director
Gérard Frot-Coutaz
Director
Bernard Giraudeau
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Romain Goupil
Director
Jean-Loup Hubert
Director
Robert Kramer
Director
Patrice Leconte
Director
Anne-Marie Miéville
Director
Michel Piccoli
Director
Alain Resnais
Director
Coline Serreau
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Nadine Trintignant
Director
Martine Franck
Emmanuelle Béart as Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Youssou N'Dour as Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Jane Birkin as Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Sami Frey as Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Henri Cartier-Bresson as Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Carole Bouquet as Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Adolf Hitler as Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar Morin as Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Philippe Noiret as Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Isabelle Huppert as Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Haroun Tazieff as Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")
Anny Duperey as Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")
Alexandre Minkowski as Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")
André Rousselet as Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")
Bruno Masure as Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")
Paul Amar as Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")
Abbé Pierre as Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Alex Descas as Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Guy Bedos as Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")
Alain Souchon as Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")
Hubert Reeves as Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")
François Jacob as Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
Fidel Castro as Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Catherine Deneuve as Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
Marie Trintignant as Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")
Robert Badinter as Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
MC Solaar as Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Anouk Grinberg as Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")
Jacques Higelin as Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")
Michel Piccoli as Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")