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Lest We Forget

7.019911h 52m
DocumentaryDrama

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.

Directed by Dominique Dante

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Cast

Emmanuelle Béart

Emmanuelle Béart

Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")

Youssou N'Dour

Youssou N'Dour

Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")

Sami Frey

Sami Frey

Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")

Gérald Thomassin

Self (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")

Carole Bouquet

Carole Bouquet

Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")

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