Contre l’oubli (1991) - film review

Patrice Chéreau, Philippe Muyl, Chantal Akerman, René Allio, Denis Amar, Jean Becker, Jane Birkin, Bertrand Blier, Jean-Michel Carré, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Dominique Dante, Claire Denis, Raymond Depardon, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Jacques Doillon, Martine Francke, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Bernard Giraudeau, Francis Girod, Jean-Luc Godard, Romain Goupil, Jean-Loup Hubert, Robert Kramer , Patrice Leconte, Anne-Marie Miéville, Sarah Moon, Michel Piccoli, Alain Resnais

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In collaboration with Amnesty International, thirty French filmmakers each makes an appeal on behalf of someone who has suffered a human rights violation, being persecuted, imprisoned or executed for his or her political beliefs.

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Director: Patrice Chéreau, Philippe Muyl, Chantal Akerman, René Allio, Denis Amar, Jean Becker, Jane Birkin, Bertrand Blier, Jean-Michel Carré, Alain Corneau, Costa-Gavras, Dominique Dante, Claire Denis, Raymond Depardon, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Jacques Doillon, Martine Francke, Gérard Frot-Coutaz, Bernard Giraudeau, Francis Girod, Jean-Luc Godard, Romain Goupil, Jean-Loup Hubert, Robert Kramer , Patrice Leconte, Anne-Marie Miéville, Sarah Moon, Michel Piccoli, Alain Resnais
Script: Patrice Chéreau, etc.
Photo: Philippe Muyl
Cast: Paul Amar (Himself (segment "Pour Wang Xizhe, Chine")), Robert Badinter (Himself (segment "Pour Kim Song-man, Corée")), Emmanuelle Béart (Herself (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")), Guy Bedos (Himself (segment "Pour Alexandre Goldovitch, URSS")), Jane Birkin (Herself (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippine")), Carole Bouquet (Herself (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")), Henri Cartier-Bresson (Himself (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")), Claude Cheysson (Himself (segment "Pour Abd al-Ra’uf Ghabini, Israël")), Catherine Deneuve (Herself (segment "Pour Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador")), Alex Descas, Anny Duperey (Herself (segment "Pour Ghassan Najjar, Syrie")), Martine Francke, Sami Frey (Himself (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesus Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Herself (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagran Morales, Guatémala")), Anouk Grinberg (Herself (segment "Pour Alirio de Crisanto Mederos, Vénézuela")), Henri Groues (L’abbé Pierre (segment "Denis Amar")), Jacques Higelin (Himself (segment "Pour Vera Chirwa, Malawi")), Isabelle Huppert (Herself (segment "Pour d’Archana Guha, Inde")), François Jacob (Himself (segment "Pour Esteban Gonzalez Gonzalez, Cuba")), Bruno Masure (Himself (segment "Pour Stanza Bopape, Afrique du Sud")), Alexandre Minkowski (Himself (segment "Pour Abraham Serfaty, Maroc")), Edgar Morin (Himself (segment "Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")), Youssou N’Dour (Himself (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigéria")), Philippe Noiret (Himself (segment "Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée équatoriale")), Michel Piccoli (Himself (segment "Pour Nasrin Rasooli, Iran)), Hubert Reeves (Himself (segment "Pour Fidel Intursa Fernandez, Pérou")), André Rousselet (Himself (segment "Pour Thomas Wainggai, Indonésie")), Sai Sai (Himself (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man")), M.C. Solaar (Himself (segment "Pour Kim Song-Man")), Alain Souchon (Himself (segment "Pour Ushari Ahmed Mahmoud, Soudan"))
Country: France
Language: French
Runtime: 110 min
Aka: Écrire contre l’oubli; Against Oblivion; Lest We Forget

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