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The Five Obstructions

6.9 90 mins Documentary   2003
Panic Productions   Wajnbrosse Productions   Almaz Film Productions   Zentropa Entertainments  
Director(s): Jørgen Leth Lars von Trier

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.

Casts of The Five Obstructions

Jørgen Leth

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

Lars von Trier

as Self / Obstructor (segment "The Conversations")

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")

Patrick Bauchau

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

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")

Anders Hove

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

Charlotte Sieling

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

Jan Nowicki

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

Stina Ekblad

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

Bob Sabiston

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

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