The Five Obstructions (2003)
• November 7th, 2003 • 1h 30min
Documentary
Overview
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.
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