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Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life (1995)
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23 August 1996 (USA) morePlot:
Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant... more | add synopsisAwards:
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Eccentrically sombre moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Mark Rylance | ... | Jakob |
| Alice Krige | ... | Lisa Benjamenta |
| Gottfried John | ... | Herr Benjamenta |
| Daniel Smith | ... | Kraus |
| Joseph Alessi | ... | Pepino |
| Jonathan Stone | ... | Hebling |
| César Sarachu | ... | Inigo (as Cesar Sarachu) |
| Peter Lovstrom | ... | Jorgenson |
| Uri Roodner | ... | Schilinski |
| Peter Whitfield | ... | Null |
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Institut Benjamenta oder Dieser Traum, den man menschliches Leben nennt (Germany)Institute Benjamenta
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life (USA)
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A quiet and softly spoken man arrives at a ghostly building to enrol for the servants class taught there. He rings the doorbell and is greeted by a monkey's face through the small hole in the door. The man's name is Jakob. He enters and meets one of the two owners (a brother and sister). The brother is unpleasant, and informs Jakob that there are no favourites here.
Jakob goes into class to meet the other students. They all announce their names to him and then fall over. The lessons are presumptuous and iterative. They involve the men swaying from side to side and standing on one leg. They really are quite eccentric. The institute seems to be its own little world away from reality, with its low ceiling rooms. The sister soon has a strange fondness for Jakob. This is a very sombre film, but has a unique air to it. The pacing is pedestrian, but you stay with it. The acting is good, and the camerawork is meticulous and probing.