Plot:

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?

Tags:

Actors - Crew

Alice Krige
Lisa Benjamenta

Mark Rylance
Jakob

Gottfried John
Herr Benjamenta

Daniel Smith
Kraus

Joseph Alessi
Pepino

Jonathan Stone
Hebling

Stephen Quay
Director

Timothy Quay
Director

Caroline Clements
Makeup Artist

Suzie Zamit
Makeup Artist

Weiser Quay
Co-Director

Lech Jankowski
Original Music Composer

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