Institute Benjamenta or This Dream People Call Human Life

The first live-action film from underground animators Stephen and Timothy Quay, this haunting, Kafkaesque drama is set in a run-down, spartan training school for servants. Amid the bizarre "classes" that consist of the endless repetition of one lesson, a new student enters into a test of wills with the siblings who run the school. Alice Krige, Mark Rylance, Gottfried John star; based o the 1909 Swiss novel "Jakob von Guten." 104 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English (SDH); behind-the-scenes footage; bonus short "Eurydice, She So Beloved" (2007); theatrical trailer.