Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
1h 44m
Running Time
August 1, 1995Release Date
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
1h 44m
Running Time
August 1, 1995Release Date
Plot.
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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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Mark Rylance
Jakob
Alice Krige
Lisa Benjamenta
Gottfried John
Herr Benjamenta
Daniel Smith
Kraus
Joseph Alessi
Pepino
Jonathan Stone
Hebling
Weiser Quay
Director
César Saratxu
Inigo
Peter Lovstrom
Jorgenson
Uri Roodner
Schilinski
Peter Whitfield
Null
Stephen Quay
Director
Timothy Quay
Director
Gina Carter
Production Manager
Dave Crownshaw
Special Effects
Alan Passes
Writer
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Wiki.
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life is a 1995 drama film by the brothers Quay in their directorial debut. Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, the film stars Mark Rylance, Alice Krige and Gottfried John.
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