Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Dominique DanteDirector
- Bernard GiraudeauDirector
- René AllioDirector
- Jacques DoillonDirector
- Jane BirkinDirector
- Raymond DepardonDirector
- Bertrand TavernierDirector
- Nadine TrintignantDirector
- Jacques DerayDirector
- Denis AmarDirector
- Costa-GavrasDirector
- Coline SerreauDirector
- Sarah MoonDirector
- Jean BeckerDirector
- Jean-Michel CarréDirector
- Claire DenisDirector
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Anne-Marie MiévilleDirector
- Philippe MuylDirector
- Alain CorneauDirector
- Michel PiccoliDirector
- Alain ResnaisDirector
- Jean-Loup HubertDirector
- Robert KramerDirector
- Michel DevilleDirector
- Gérard Frot-CoutazDirector
- Francis GirodDirector
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Patrice ChéreauDirector
- Chantal AkermanDirector
- Romain GoupilDirector
- Martine FranckDirector
- Michel GrisoliaWriter
- Edgar MorinWriter
Cast
- Emmanuelle BéartSelf (segment "Pour Nguyen Chi Thien, Vietnam")
- Youssou N'DourSelf (segment "Pour Augustine Eke, Nigeria")
- Jane BirkinSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour Maria Nonna Santa Clara, Philippines")
- Sami FreySelf (segment "Pour Alirio de Jesús Pedraza Becerra, Colombie")
- Henri Cartier-BressonSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour Mamadou Bâ, Mauritanie")
- Gérald ThomassinSelf (segment "Pour Anstraum Aman Villagrán Morales, Guatemala")
- Charlotte GainsbourgSelf (segment "Pour Crisanto Mederos, Venezuela")
- Carole BouquetSelf (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce")
- Adolf HitlerSelf (segment "Pour Andreas Christodoulou, Grèce") (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Edgar MorinSelf - Narrator (segment "Pour 'Ali Muhammad al-Qajiji, Lybie")
- Philippe NoiretSelf (segment "Pour Joaquim Elema Boringue, Guinée Équatoriale")
- Isabelle HuppertSelf (segment "Pour Archana Guha, Inde")
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Themes
dictatorwoman director