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Institute Benjamenta

1995, Movie, NR, 105 mins

Institute Benjamenta: Review

Brilliantly executed and typically inscrutable, this feature debut of The Brothers Quay will delight fans of the enigmatic duo's "re-animated" shorts, though others may find the pervasive murk and funereal pace off-putting. Jakob von Gunten (Mark Rylance) enrolls at the titular training school for servants, a moribund pile run by despotic headmaster Herr Benjamenta (Fassbinder favorite Gottfried John) and his seemingly bewitched sister Lisa (Alice Krige). Once engaged in the... read more leave a comment