Movie

The Attendant (1993)

• September 10, 1993
• 8m

• Fantasy
• Drama

Overview

Memory mixes with desire as a museum attendant is caught up in sado-masochistic fantasies inspired by a 19th century painting of slaves in chains called Scene on the coast of Africa. The man remembers his past as a singer and delivers Dido's lament from Purcell's opera.

Director

Isaac Julien

Starring

Thomas Baptiste, Cleo Sylvestre, John Wilson