Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
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?
About Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
Released in 1995, Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life is a drama and mystery film from Koninck Studios (Germany). It was directed by Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay and written by Timothy Quay and Alan Passes. The cast is led by Alice Krige, Mark Rylance, Gottfried John, Daniel Smith and Joseph Alessi. With a runtime of 1h 45m, the film averages 7.6/10 across 50 TMDB ratings.
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