Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)

Directors

Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Cast

Mark Rylance, Alice Krige, Gottfried John, Joseph Alessi, Daniel Smith, Jonathan Stone, Peter Lovstrom, Uri Roodner, César Sarachu, Peter Whitfield

The story

Jakob, a young man, enters a servant school run by siblings Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta. The teachers teach the students that they are unimportant. Jakob finds the school oppressive, and does not enjoy the lessons in subservience.

Genres

Film metadata comes from the open sources listed in Credits & Contact. Catalogue details may be incomplete.

Your lists

Loading your lists…