De fem benspænd

Year: 2003
Country: Denmark, Switzerland, Belgium, France
Director: Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier
Genre: documentary
Runtime: 90 min.
Age: 16+

Acclaimed director Lars Von Trier challenges his creative mentor to a diabolical game: Deconstruct cinema, reinvent cinema. Push the limits through torturous obstructions

Filmmaker Lars Von Trier challenges Jørgen Leth, the filmmaker behind The Perfect Human (1967), to remake his classic short under circumstances of increasing constraint.

Awards & Festivals:

CPH:DOX – participaion
European Film Awards, Nominee – European Documentary
Motovun Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize