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The Five Obstructions

The Five Obstructions

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-21

Languages:

Danish, English, French, Spanish

Countries:

Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, France

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (6134 Reviews)

Genres:

Documentary

Cast:

Writer:

Sophie Destin (poem)

Asger Leth (script)

Jèrgen Leth (script)

Lars von Trier (script)

Fullplot:

"The Five Obstructions", a 100 min. theatre documentary directed by Lars von Trier and Jèrgen Leth. An investigative journey into the phenomenon of "documentary", based on manifestos written by each director. About a filmmaker not only revisiting, but also recreating (not in a conventional sense) one of his first films, The Perfect Human / Det perfekte menneske (1967), a document on life in Denmark, containing the familiar Leth idiosyncrasies

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