Occupied vs The Five Obstructions
Occupied has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Five Obstructions). Occupied is the shorter watch at 48m compared with 1h 30m. The Five Obstructions is the older of the two (2003 against 2022). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Occupied
The Five Obstructions| Occupied | The Five Obstructions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2003 |
| Length | 48m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Albina Kovalyova | Jørgen Leth, Lars von Trier |
| Main cast | Dzhafer Umerov, Dmytro Bahnenko, Lidia Biletska | Patrick Bauchau, Lars von Trier, Anders Hove, Jørgen Leth, Claus Nissen |
Synopsis
Occupied
Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, southern Ukraine, spent three months secretly recording his city's resistance to the Russian occupation.
The Five Obstructions
In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates…
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