Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

Year: 1995

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: English

Directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay

Drama

Jakob enrolls at Institute Benjamenta, run by siblings Johannes and Lisa, to learn servitude. With seven other men he endures Lisa’s odd drills—movement, circle‑drawing, forced servility. Johannes is detached; Lisa slides toward collapse, hinting at incest. Lisa becomes catatonic, and Johannes blames Jakob’s arrival, leaving cause ambiguous.

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