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?
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Additional Info
Budget | $0.00 |
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Revenue | $0.00 |
Original Language | en |
Popularity | 2.424 |
Directed By
Stephen Quay
Timothy Quay
Crew
Stephen Quay
Timothy Quay
Lech Jankowski
Weiser Quay
Caroline Clements
Suzie Zamit
Larry Sider
Irene Lamb
Jennifer Kernke
Alison Riva
Nicky Gillibrand
Gina Carter
Dave Crownshaw
Karl Baumgartner
Keith Griffiths
Janine Marmot
Katsue Tomiyama
Timothy Quay
Stephen Quay
Alan Passes
Nicholas D. Knowland
Jack Stew
TOP CAST
Alice Krige
Lisa Benjamenta
Mark Rylance
Jakob
Gottfried John
Herr Benjamenta
Daniel Smith
Kraus
Joseph Alessi
Pepino
Jonathan Stone
Hebling
César Saratxu
Inigo
Peter Lovstrom
Jorgenson
Uri Roodner
Schilinski