The Five Obstructions
2003-11-07 | 90 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Claus NissenThe Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
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Jacqueline ArenalThe Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")
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Jørgen LethVoice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
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Patrick BauchauThe Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)
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Alexandra VandernootThe Perfect Woman (segment "Brussels")
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Bent ChristensenGangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")
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Anders HoveNaked Man (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
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Charlotte SielingNaked Woman (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
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Jan NowickiMan with Jacket (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment Cartoon)
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Stina EkbladWoman with Money (from Notater om kærligheden) (segment Cartoon)
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Lars von TrierSelf / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
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Bob SabistonSelf (segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon") (uncredited)
Recommendations
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Shadows
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The Element of Crime
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The Idiots
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Storytelling
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As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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Sybil
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Giorgino
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The Kingdom
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The Perfect Human
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Liliom
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The Erotic Man
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The Proposition
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Woman in the Dunes
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EO
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Zelig
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Crash
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Dancer in the Dark
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Dogville
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Antichrist
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