Movie Description
Contre l’oubli
(1991)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : 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
- Writer : Michel Grisolia,Edgar Morin
- Cast : Emmanuelle Béart,Youssou N'Dour,Jane Birkin,Sami Frey,Henri Cartier-Bresson,Gérald Thomassin,Charlotte Gainsbourg,Carole Bouquet,Adolf Hitler,Edgar Morin,Philippe Noiret,Isabelle Huppert,Haroun Tazieff,Mulugetta Mosissa,Anny Duperey,Alexandre Minkowski,André Rousselet,Bruno Masure,Paul Amar,Abbé Pierre,Alex Descas,Guy Bedos,Alain Souchon,Bernard Stasi,Claude Cheysson,Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin,Hubert Reeves,François Jacob,Fidel Castro,Catherine Deneuve,Marie Trintignant,Robert Badinter,MC Solaar,Saï Saï,Anouk Grinberg,Jacques Higelin,Michel Piccoli
Cast
Self (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
Self (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
Self (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
Self (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")
Self (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
Self (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
Self (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
Self (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")
Self (segment "Pour Mulugetta Mosissa, Éthiopie")
Self (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")
Self (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")
Self (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")
Self (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")
Self (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")
Self (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Dalton Prejean (segment "Pour Dalton Prejean, USA")
Self (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")
Self (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan")
Self (segment "Pour Vythialingam Skandarajah, Royaume Uni")
Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël")
Self (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin, Israël")
Self (segment "Pour Fidel Intusca Fernandez, Pérou")
Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba")
Self (segment "Pour Esteban González González, Cuba") (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velásquez, El Salvador")
Self (segment "Pour José Ramón Garciá Gómez, Mexique")
Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Self (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man, Corée du Sud")
Self (segment "Pour Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar")
Self (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")
Self (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran")
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Facts
Original TitleContre l’oubli
Status Released
Release Information
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1991-12-11
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 52m
Production CompaniesAmnesty International,Les Films du Paradoxe
Genres
- Documentary
- Drama
