About the film
Lest We Forget
19917112 min
DramaDocumentary
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.
Directors
Patrice ChéreauPhilippe MuylChantal Akerman
Actors
Emmanuelle BéartSelf (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Youssou N'DourSelf (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Jane BirkinSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Sami FreySelf (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Henri Cartier-BressonSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")Gérald ThomassinSelf (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")
Charlotte GainsbourgSelf (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Carole BouquetSelf (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Adolf HitlerSelf (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar MorinSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Philippe NoiretSelf (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Isabelle HuppertSelf (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")Released
Dec 11, 1991
Country
France
Productions
Amnesty InternationalLes Films du Paradoxe
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