Institute Benjamenta (1995)
- Original title
- Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
- Directed by
- Timothy Quay, Stephen Quay, Weiser Quay
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- 14A
- Rating
- 7.8 of 10 from 48 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young man enters a strict boarding school for servants run by a brother and sister. He finds himself drawn into their strange and isolated world.
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What happens
Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life is a 1995 drama film by the Brothers Quay in their feature debut. Based on Robert Walser's novel Jakob von Gunten, the film stars Mark Rylance, Alice Krige and Gottfried John. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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