Młody człowiek rozpoczyna studia w szkole dla służących. Nauka polega na nieustannym powtarzaniu rytualnych gestów, na zapamiętywaniu grzecznościowych zwrotów przewidzianych dla służby. Niektorzy uczniowie cieszą się szczególną protekcją nauczycieli, młody człowiek trafia do grona faworytów.
Jakob von Gunten (Mark Rylance) is admitted to The Institute Benjamenta, a peculiar and isolated school for servants. Whilst learning the submissive art of servitude, Jakob gradually uncovers the Institute s secrets. Adapted from a novel by remarkable Swiss writer Robert Walser, Institute Benjamenta is the striking live-action feature debut off the acclaimed animators, the Quay Brothers. Their distinctive style, enriched by Nic Knowland s beautifully controlled photography and Larry Sider s exquisite soundscapes, breathes life into every aspect of this dream-like anti-fairytale .
unmistakable, startling and seductive Kim Newman, Empire
with the Institute Benjamenta, the brothers work pierces through to the nerve in a new way, stirring the depths of sexual curiosity and
Extra Features:
- Dual Format Edition: Includes both the Blu-ray and the DVD of the film and extras
- Inside the Institute: an in-between world (BFI, 2010, c.30 mins): a brand new documentary about the making of the film, featuring actors Mark Rylance, Alice Krige, as well as the directors, writer, DoP and film editor.
- Original trailer
- Eurydice - She, So Beloved (Quay Brothers, 2007, 12 mins): Monteverdi s opera L Orfeo
- The Comb (Quay Brothers, 1990, 17 mins): this short animation explores some of the themes of Institute Benjamenta
- On-set footage (15 mins, DVD only)
- Songs for Dead Children (Quay Brothers / Steve Martland, 2003, 23 mins): Steve Martland s Street Songs as seen by the visionary animators
- Fully illustrated booklet containing newly commissioned essays, biographies and stills by celebrated photographer Jill Furmanovsky.
Product Description
United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region B DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Dolby DTS-HD Master Audio ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.66:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Booklet, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Short Film, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: ***ATTENTION***This is a Dual Format Edition, which contains both Blu-Ray DVD versions*** 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? SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Fantasporto Awards, Stockholm Film Festival, ...Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream That One Calls Human Life ( Institute Benjamenta ) (Blu-Ray)
