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    The Five Obstructions

    2003

    Danish

    7.4

    17

    88%

    84%

    animated scene

    challenge

    director

    Documentary

    filmmaking

    mentor protégé relationship

    third world

    Lars von Trier Lars von Trier Director Charlotte Sieling Charlotte Sieling as Naked Woman Lars von Trier Lars von Trier as Self / Obstructor Alexandra Vandernoot Alexandra Vandernoot as The Perfect Woman Stina Ekblad Stina Ekblad as Woman with Money
    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.
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