Lest We Forget
11/12/1991
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.
Movie Information
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")
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")
Saï Saï
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")
