Lest We Forget (1991)

7.0/10 • 112 min • Documentary Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Emmanuelle Béart

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

Youssou N'Dour

Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")

Jane Birkin

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

Sami Frey

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")

Carole Bouquet

Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")

Adolf Hitler

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

Edgar Morin

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

Philippe Noiret

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

Isabelle Huppert

Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")

Haroun Tazieff

Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")

Anny Duperey

Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")

Alexandre Minkowski

Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")

André Rousselet

Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")

Bruno Masure

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

Paul Amar

Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")

Abbé Pierre

Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

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