The Attendant (1993)
- Directed by
- Isaac Julien
- Genre
- fantasy, drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 4.4 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A museum attendant becomes absorbed in fantasies sparked by a 19th century painting of enslaved people. He recalls his past as a singer and performs a lament from a Purcell opera.
dreamlikeeroticmelancholicintrospectivesombervisually lushslow-burnunsettling
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