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
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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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Cast & Crew.
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
Peter Whitfield
Stephen Quay
Director / Writer
Timothy Quay
Director / Writer
Caroline Clements
Makeup Artist
Suzie Zamit
Makeup Artist
Weiser Quay
Co-Director
Lech Jankowski
Original Music Composer
Dave Crownshaw
Special Effects
Karl Baumgartner
Producer
Nicky Gillibrand
Costume Design
Keith Griffiths
Producer
Janine Marmot
Producer
Gina Carter
Production Manager
Katsue Tomiyama
Producer
Irene Lamb
Casting
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
surrealism
Wiki.
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life is a 1995 drama film by the brothers Quay in their feature debut. Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, the film stars Mark Rylance, Alice Krige and Gottfried John.
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