The Attendant
6.0
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.
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Isaac Julien Director · Jimmy Somerville Composer Gary Butcher Composer
First release September 10, 1993 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Channel 4 Television
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Channel 4 Television
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English
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United Kingdom · September 10, 1993
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