The Five Obstructions
Release Date: 2003-11-07
Language: DA
Country: 🇧🇪 BE
Rating:
⭐ 6.9 / 10
( 161 votes )
Runtime: 1h 30m
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.
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Cast
Jørgen Leth
Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
Lars von Trier
Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
Claus Nissen
The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
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Majken Algren Nielsen
The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
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Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez
The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")
Jacqueline Arenal
The Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")
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Vivian Rosa
(segment "Cuba")
Patrick Bauchau
The Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)
Alexandra Vandernoot
The Perfect Woman (segment "Brussels")
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Marie Dejaer
Maid (segment "Brussels")
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Pascal Perez
Couple (Man) (segment "Brussels")
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Meschell Perez
Couple (Woman) (segment "Brussels")
