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The Attendant
Synopsis
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.
Official Selection Berlinale 2019 - Panorama 40
Details
- Year
- 1993
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 8 mins
- Director
- Isaac Julien
- Producer
- Mark Nash
- Editor
- James Bygrave, Robert Hargreaves
- Screenwriter
- Isaac Julien, Mark Nash
- Director of Photography
- Nina Kellgren
- Production Designer
- Mick Hurd
- Sound
- Trevor Mathison, Edward George
- Music
- Gary Butcher, Jimmy Somerville
- Principal Cast
- Thomas Baptiste, Cleo Sylvestre, John Wilson
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 4th February 2019
