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

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Where to watch Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Fandor Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel, Cineverse Amazon Channel; watch free on Plex, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Cineverse, Tubi TV, Amazon MX Player
United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video
Canada: watch free on Tubi TV, Plex, Cineverse

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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?

Released: 1995-08-01
Genres: Drama, Mystery
Runtime: 1h 45m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 7.6/10 from 50 votes

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