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Lest We Forget

Original title: Contre l'oubli
  • 1991
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
148
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Lest We Forget (1991)
Drama

Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is 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 ... Read allContre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is 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 Papu... Read allContre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is 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 Int... Read all

  • Directors
    • Chantal Akerman
    • René Allio
    • Denis Amar
  • Writers
    • Michel Grisolia
    • Edgar Morin
  • Stars
    • Paul Amar
    • Robert Badinter
    • Guy Bedos
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    148
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Chantal Akerman
      • René Allio
      • Denis Amar
    • Writers
      • Michel Grisolia
      • Edgar Morin
    • Stars
      • Paul Amar
      • Robert Badinter
      • Guy Bedos
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Paul Amar
    • Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")
    Robert Badinter
    • Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
    Guy Bedos
    Guy Bedos
    • Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")
    Jane Birkin
    Jane Birkin
    • Self (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
    • (voice)
    Carole Bouquet
    Carole Bouquet
    • Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
    Emmanuelle Béart
    Emmanuelle Béart
    • Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
    Henri Cartier-Bresson
    • Self (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
    • (voice)
    Claude Cheysson
    • Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël")
    Catherine Deneuve
    Catherine Deneuve
    • Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
    Alex Descas
    Alex Descas
    • Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
    Anny Duperey
    Anny Duperey
    • Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")
    Sami Frey
    Sami Frey
    • Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
    Anouk Grinberg
    Anouk Grinberg
    • Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")
    Henri Grouès
    Henri Grouès
    • Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
    • (as Abbé Pierre)
    Jacques Higelin
    • Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")
    Isabelle Huppert
    Isabelle Huppert
    • Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
    François Jacob
    • Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
    • Directors
      • Chantal Akerman
      • René Allio
      • Denis Amar
    • Writers
      • Michel Grisolia
      • Edgar Morin
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    6lchadbou-326-26592

    Cartier Bresson Segment Is Quite Moving

    Of the segments in this portmanteau Amnesty International sponsored documentary feature, I have only seen the 3 minute one in which renowned photographer Henri Cartier Bresson reads a letter on the soundtrack addressed to the then President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.He calls out the leader of that country for allowing the killing, in 1989, in a border area near Senegal, of two little boys, the sheperd Mamadou Ba and his brother Abdoulaye. As we hear his words ,we see examples of the photographer's work showing people like the boys in their African landscapes.The segment ends with the plaintive appeal that "It is a duty to protect the magic of childhood."The segment is accessible on a two disc set of Cartier Bresson's own films, and films about him, that came out in 2010.I would like to see the other segments.

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1991 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 拒絕遺忘
    • Production companies
      • Amnesty International
      • Les Films du Paradoxe
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      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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