Where to Watch Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995) in the UK

What it's about

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?

Cast and crew

Director

Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Weiser Quay

Writer

Alan Passes, Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Starring

Mark Rylance, Alice Krige, Gottfried John

Details

Release date

Aug 23, 1996

Language

Afrikaans, Spanish, English, German

Country

United Kingdom, Japan, Germany

Awards

4 wins & 3 nominations total

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