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Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (1995)

PG (GB) | UK, Japan, Germany | Afrikaans, Spanish, English, German | 105 min
Directed by: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay, Weiser Quay
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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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Release Date
Switzerland
(Locarno Film Festival, premiere)
1995-08
Canada
(Toronto International Film Festival)
1995-09-13
Spain
(Sitges)
1995-10
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Also Known As (A.K.A.)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life
(Original title)
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
Australia
Instituto Benjamenta
Brazil
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Parent Guide
Sex & Nudity
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