The Five Obstructions (2003)
15
07/11/2003 (GB)
Documentary
1h 30m
- 69% (158 votes)
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Overview
Lars von Trier challenges his mentor, filmmaker Jørgen Leth, to remake Leth’s 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, each with a different set of bizarre and challenging rules.
- Jørgen LethDirector, Writer
- Lars von TrierDirector, Writer
- Asger LethWriter
Original Title
De fem benspænd
Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Keywords
- third world
- animated scene
- director
- filmmaking
Top Billed Cast
Claus Nissen
The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
Majken Algren Nielsen
The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")
Jacqueline Arenal
The Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")
Vivian Rosa
(segment "Cuba")
Jørgen Leth
Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
Patrick Bauchau
The Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)
Alexandra Vandernoot
The Perfect Woman (segment "Brussels")
Marie Dejaer
Maid (segment "Brussels")
Pascal Perez
Couple (Man) (segment "Brussels")
Recommendations
Shadows (69%)
The Element of Crime (64%)
Giorgino (65%)
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (77%)
Sybil (65%)
The Perfect Human (67%)
Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled (62%)
Liliom (68%)
The Erotic Man (50%)
