# The Five Obstructions (2003)

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**Original title**: *De fem benspænd*
**Runtime**: 90 min
**Genres**: Documentary
**Directed by**: Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth
**Written by**: Lars von Trier, Asger Leth, Jørgen Leth
**Starring**: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier, Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen, Daniel Hernandez Rodriguez, Jacqueline Arenal

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Von Trier forces Leth to remake his own short film five times under escalating technical and psychological hurdles. Each version bends the original’s deadpan humanism into new shapes. Leth’s pragmatic resistance outshines the rules.

**Mood tags**: cerebral, tender

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