The Five Obstructions (2003)
Rating: 6.9/10
Duration: 90 min
Year: 2003
Genres: Documentary
Director(s): Lars von Trier , Jørgen Leth
Description:
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.
Cast
- Patrick Bauchau as The Perfect Man / Voice-over (Brussels) / Speaker (Cartoon)
- Lars von Trier as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
- Anders Hove as Naked Man (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
- Jørgen Leth as Voice-over (from Det perfekte menneske) / Self - Director / +
- Claus Nissen as The Perfect Man (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
- Majken Algren Nielsen as The Perfect Woman (from Det perfekte menneske) (archive footage)
- Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez as The Perfect Man (segment "Cuba")
- Jacqueline Arenal as The Perfect Woman (segment "Cuba")
- Vivian Rosa as (segment "Cuba")
- Alexandra Vandernoot as The Perfect Woman (segment "Brussels")
- Marie Dejaer as Maid (segment "Brussels")
- Pascal Perez as Couple (Man) (segment "Brussels")
- Meschell Perez as Couple (Woman) (segment "Brussels")
- Bent Christensen as Gangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")
- Charlotte Sieling as Naked Woman (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
