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Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

(1995)

Overview

Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other men, he studies under Lisa: absurd lessons of movement, drawing circles, and servility. He asks for a better room. No other students arrive and none leave for employment. Johannes is unhappy, imperious, and detached from the school's operation. Lisa is beautiful, at first tightly controlled, then on the verge of breakdown. There's a whiff of incest. Jakob is drawn to Lisa, and perhaps she to him. As winter sets in, she becomes catatonic. Things get worse; Johannes notes that all this has happened since Jakob came. Is there any cause and effect?

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Stephen Quay,Timothy Quay
  2. Producer : Karl Baumgartner,Keith Griffiths,Janine Marmot,Katsue Tomiyama
  3. Writer : Timothy Quay,Stephen Quay,Alan Passes
  4. Editor : Larry Sider
  5. Cast : Alice Krige,Mark Rylance,Gottfried John,Daniel Smith,Joseph Alessi,Jonathan Stone,César Saratxu,Peter Lovstrom,Uri Roodner,Peter Whitfield

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Original TitleInstitute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1995-08-01

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 44m

Homepagehttps://www.hotpropertyfilms.com/film/institute-benjamenta/

Production CompaniesKoninck Studios,Image Forum,Pandora Film,Hot Property Films,Film4 Productions

Genres

  • Drama

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