Movie Description
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
- Director : Stephen Quay,Timothy Quay
- Producer : Karl Baumgartner,Keith Griffiths,Janine Marmot,Katsue Tomiyama
- Writer : Timothy Quay,Stephen Quay,Alan Passes
- Editor : Larry Sider
- Cast : Alice Krige,Mark Rylance,Gottfried John,Daniel Smith,Joseph Alessi,Jonathan Stone,César Saratxu,Peter Lovstrom,Uri Roodner,Peter Whitfield
Cast
Lisa Benjamenta
Jakob
Herr Benjamenta
Kraus
Pepino
Hebling
Inigo
Jorgenson
Schilinski
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Facts
Original TitleInstitute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Status Released
Release Information
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1995-08-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 45m
Homepagehttps://www.hotpropertyfilms.com/film/institute-benjamenta/
Production CompaniesKoninck Studios,Image Forum,Pandora Film,Hot Property Films,Film4 Productions
Genres
- Drama
- Mystery
