Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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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?
Cast: Alice Krige, Mark Rylance, Gottfried John, Daniel Smith, Joseph Alessi, Jonathan Stone, César Saratxu, Peter Lovstrom, Uri Roodner, Peter Whitfield
Writers: Timothy Quay (Writer), Stephen Quay (Writer), Alan Passes (Writer)
Cinematographer: Nicholas D. Knowland
Production Designer: Jennifer Kernke, Alison Riva
Editor: Larry Sider
Composer: Lech Jankowski
Costume Designer: Nicky Gillibrand
Direction team: Weiser Quay (Co-Director), Mary Soan (First Assistant Director), Finn McGrath (Second Assistant Director), Jez Murrell (Third Assistant Director), Diane Taylor (Continuity)
Producers: Karl Baumgartner, Keith Griffiths, Janine Marmot
Production: Koninck Studios, Image Forum, Pandora Film, Hot Property Films
