The Attendant

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.

Director: Isaac Julien

Cast: Thomas Baptiste, Cleo Sylvestre, John Wilson

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.