The Five Obstructions

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The Five Obstructions

Documentary

7/10

2003

90

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.

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The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)

Majken Algren Nielsen

The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)

Majken Algren Nielsen

Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez

The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")

Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez

Jacqueline Arenal

The Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")

Jacqueline Arenal

(segment "Cuba")

Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +

Patrick Bauchau

The Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)

Patrick Bauchau

Alexandra Vandernoot

The Perfect Woman (segment "Brussels")

Alexandra Vandernoot

Maid (segment "Brussels")

Couple (Man) (segment "Brussels")

Couple (Woman) (segment "Brussels")

Bent Christensen

Gangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")

Bent Christensen

Naked Man (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")

Charlotte Sieling

Naked Woman (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")

Charlotte Sieling

Man with Jacket (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment Cartoon)

Woman with Money (from Notater om kærligheden) (segment Cartoon)

Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")

Self (segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon") (uncredited)

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