Lest We Forget (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.
Cast
Emmanuelle Béart
Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Youssou N'Dour
Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Jane Birkin
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Sami Frey
Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
Gérald Thomassin
Self (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Carole Bouquet
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Adolf Hitler
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Edgar Morin
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Philippe Noiret
Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Isabelle Huppert
Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Directed by: René Allio, Denis Amar, Patrice Chéreau, Chantal Akerman, Philippe Muyl, Dominique Dante, Anne-Marie Miéville, Michel Deville, Jean Becker, Costa-Gavras, Coline Serreau, Alain Corneau, Raymond Depardon, Bernard Giraudeau, Robert Kramer, Claire Denis, Jean-Luc Godard, Bertrand Tavernier, Jean-Michel Carré, Jean-Loup Hubert, Jacques Deray, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Patrice Leconte, Jane Birkin, Romain Goupil, Nadine Trintignant, Jacques Doillon, Michel Piccoli, Alain Resnais, Francis Girod, Sarah Moon, Martine Franck
