Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)

Released: 1995-08-01 Duration: 1hr 44min
Genres: Drama
Rating 7.7

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?

Production Companies

Koninck Studios
Image Forum
Pandora Film
Pandora Film
Hot Property Films
Film4 Productions
Film4 Productions

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 2.424

Directed By

Stephen Quay

Timothy Quay

Crew

Director
Stephen Quay
Director
Timothy Quay
Original Music Composer
Lech Jankowski
Co-Director
Weiser Quay
Makeup Artist
Caroline Clements
Makeup Artist
Suzie Zamit
Editor
Larry Sider
Casting
Irene Lamb
Production Design
Jennifer Kernke
Art Direction
Alison Riva
Costume Design
Nicky Gillibrand
Production Manager
Gina Carter
Special Effects
Dave Crownshaw
Producer
Keith Griffiths
Producer
Janine Marmot
Producer
Katsue Tomiyama
Writer
Timothy Quay
Writer
Stephen Quay
Writer
Alan Passes
Director of Photography
Nicholas D. Knowland
Foley Artist
Jack Stew

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