Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

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1991
1h 52m
7.0(3 votes)
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.

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37 members
Acting

Emmanuelle Béart

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

Emmanuelle Béart
Acting

Youssou N'Dour

Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")

Youssou N'Dour
Acting

Jane Birkin

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

Jane Birkin
Acting

Sami Frey

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

Sami Frey
Directing

Henri Cartier-Bresson

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

Henri Cartier-Bresson
Acting

Gérald Thomassin

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

No Image
Acting

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Acting

Carole Bouquet

Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")

Carole Bouquet
Acting

Adolf Hitler

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

Adolf Hitler
Writing

Edgar Morin

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

Edgar Morin
Acting

Philippe Noiret

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

Philippe Noiret
Acting

Isabelle Huppert

Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")

Isabelle Huppert
Acting

Haroun Tazieff

Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")

Haroun Tazieff
Acting

Mulugetta Mosissa

Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")

No Image
Acting

Anny Duperey

Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")

Anny Duperey
Acting

Alexandre Minkowski

Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")

Alexandre Minkowski
Acting

André Rousselet

Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")

André Rousselet
Acting

Bruno Masure

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

Bruno Masure
Acting

Paul Amar

Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")

Paul Amar
Acting

Abbé Pierre

Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")

Abbé Pierre
Acting

Alex Descas

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

Alex Descas
Acting

Guy Bedos

Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")

Guy Bedos
Acting

Alain Souchon

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

Alain Souchon
Acting

Bernard Stasi

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

No Image
Acting

Claude Cheysson

Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël")

No Image
Acting

Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin

Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël")

No Image
Acting

Hubert Reeves

Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")

Hubert Reeves
Acting

François Jacob

Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")

François Jacob
Acting

Fidel Castro

Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fidel Castro
Acting

Catherine Deneuve

Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")

Catherine Deneuve
Acting

Marie Trintignant

Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")

Marie Trintignant
Acting

Robert Badinter

Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")

Robert Badinter
Acting

MC Solaar

Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")

MC Solaar
Acting

Saï Saï

Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")

No Image
Acting

Anouk Grinberg

Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")

Anouk Grinberg
Acting

Jacques Higelin

Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")

Jacques Higelin
Acting

Michel Piccoli

Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")

Michel Piccoli

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