The Five Obstructions
11/7/2003
Imdb: tt0354575
Tmdb: 12456
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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.
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")
Meschell Perez
Couple (Woman) (segment "Brussels")
Bent Christensen
Gangster (from Det gode og det onde) (segment "Cartoon")
Anders Hove
Naked Man (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
Charlotte Sieling
Naked Woman (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment "Cartoon")
Jan Nowicki
Man with Jacket (from Notater om kærligheden) ( segment Cartoon)
Stina Ekblad
Woman with Money (from Notater om kærligheden) (segment Cartoon)
Lars von Trier
Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")
Bob Sabiston
Self (segment "The Perfect Human: Cartoon") (uncredited)
Mercy, the Mummy Mumbled
Liliom
Atomic Falafel
The Perfect Human
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The Erotic Man
Giorgino
Sybil
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
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Shadows
The Proposition
The Idiots
Zelig
Crash
Three Colors: Blue
Dancer in the Dark
Dogville
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Neon Demon
Šturm und drunk
Elementa
Jeune femme à sa fenêtre lisant une lettre
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Just Hold Still
Mamagüela
On the Heights All Is Peace
Men Boxing
Spectres of Shortwave
The Kidnapped Filmmakers of North Korea
Todo Todo Teros
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Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
Dilema I: Burundanga Boricua
The Illusion Factory
The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks
EXPRMNTL
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
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third world
animated scene
director
filmmaking