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The Attendant (1993) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1993 · 8 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Isaac Julien
- Starring
- Thomas Baptiste, Cleo Sylvestre, John Wilson
Memory intertwines with desire as a museum attendant becomes absorbed in sado‑masochistic fantasies provoked by a 19th‑century painting titled Scene on the Coast of Africa, which depicts enslaved figures in chains. He recollects his former life as a singer, ultimately performing Purcell’s haunting Dido’s Lament.
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