The Five Obstructions

Synopsis

Lars von Trier considers The Perfect Human (1967) to be one of his cult films.

He challenges his director, Jørgen Leth, to shoot five remakes of this short film.

For each project, he will impose new "obstructions" on him, forcing him to rethink the story and the characters of his original film. Leth will have to deal with restrictions, orders and other prohibitions.

The five obstructions is a game full of traps and vicious moves. A fascinating and completely new film around a filmmaker who agrees to completely recreate one of his first works.

An initiatory journey to the heart of the process of cinematographic creation.

Technical sheet

Director: Lars Von Trier & Jørgen Leth

Casting: Alexandra Vandernoot, Patrick Bauchau, Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen,

Maiken Algren, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez, Jacqueline Arenal

Duration: 90 minutes

Year: 2003

A Zentropa production

In co-production with Wajnbrosse, DFI (Denmark), Panic Productions (France) and Almaz Films (Switzerland)

With the support of the French Community of Belgium and the National Lottery

DVD

“This mixture of play and pain, this violence of the director's hold on the film are characteristic of Lars von Trier's cinema, and, as we can see, of the man himself. His strength is such that, without ever turning a single shot directly, he imposes his mark on Jorgen Leth's adventures as surely as the lines drawn on the ground of the Dogville plateau determined the movements of the characters. "

The world

" Exciting. ! "

The Figaroscope

“A resolutely playful experience that becomes an authentic lesson in cinema. "

Romain Le Vern

“... one of Lars Van Trier's most interesting films! "

AlloCine