Lest We Forget
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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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Cast
37 people
Emmanuelle Béart
Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
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Youssou N'Dour
Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
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Amazing Grace
Jane Birkin
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
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Death on the Nile
Blow-Up
Sami Frey
Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Known for
Band of Outsiders
The Truth
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
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Le Siècle de Cartier-Bresson
Monitor
Gérald Thomassin
Self (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")
Known for
Satan
Jacquou the Rebel
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Known for
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Melancholia
Carole Bouquet
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Known for
For Your Eyes Only
Wasabi
Adolf Hitler
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Also in
War of the Century
Hitler's Last Year
Edgar Morin
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Also in
Encontros e Dissonâncias
Philippe Noiret
Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
The Postman
Isabelle Huppert
Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Known for
Elle
The Piano Teacher
Bernard Giraudeau Director · Jean-Luc Godard Director Michel Piccoli Director
Director
Bernard Giraudeau
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Michel Piccoli
Director
Romain Goupil
Director
Claire Denis
Director
Alain Resnais
Director
Jane Birkin
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Patrice Chéreau
Director
Costa-Gavras
Director
Francis Girod
Director
Coline Serreau
Director
Alain Corneau
Director
Patrice Leconte
Director
Jean Becker
Director
Michel Deville
Director
Jacques Deray
Director
Raymond Depardon
Director
Philippe Muyl
Director
Anne-Marie Miéville
Director
Robert Kramer
Director
Jacques Doillon
Director
Chantal Akerman
Director
Jean-Loup Hubert
Director
Jean-Michel Carré
Director
Gérard Frot-Coutaz
Director
René Allio
Director
Nadine Trintignant
Director
Denis Amar
Director
Dominique Dante
Director
Sarah Moon
Director
Martine Franck
Writer
Michel Grisolia
Writer
Edgar Morin
First release December 11, 1991 · Produced in France · Languages Arabic, English, French, Spanish
Production
Amnesty International
Production
Les Films du Paradoxe
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Contre l’oubli
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · Spanish
Release dates
France · December 11, 1991
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
August 30, 1992 · Premiere · Montréal Film Festival
Germany
December 24, 1992 · Theatrical
Japan
October 9, 2001 · Premiere · Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Taiwan
March 15, 2014 · Premiere · Alain Renais Retrospective
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