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The Attendant

4.419938mMovieFantasyDrama

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.

DirectorIsaac Julien

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Cast · Directed by Isaac Julien

TBThomas Baptiste
Thomas Baptiste
The Attendant
CSCleo Sylvestre
Cleo Sylvestre
JW
John Wilson
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The Attendant hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around October 29, 1993. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.