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Director Alain Corneau
Runtime 1h 52m
Genres Documentary · Drama
Film Lest We Forget 1991 · 1h 52m· 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.
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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") Gérald Thomassin as Self (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala") 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") Mulugetta Mosissa 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") Bernard Stasi as Self (segment "Pour Vythialingam Skandarajah, Royaume Uni") Claude Cheysson as Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël") Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin as Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël") 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") Key Crew
Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)
Details Runtime 1h 52m
Status Released
Studios Amnesty International · Les Films du Paradoxe
Languages Arabic · Spanish · French · English
Countries France
Rating 7.0/10 · 3 votes
Original language fr
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