Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
7.7
Rating
(47 votes)
1h 44m
Runtime
1995
Released
1
Popularity
Genres
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?
Status
Released
Original Title
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Release Date
1995-08-01
Languages
Afrikaans, German, English, Spanish
Directors
Writers
Timothy QuayWriter
Stephen QuayWriter
Alan PassesWriter
