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Waiting for the Barbarians is a 2019 drama film directed by Ciro Guerra in his English-language directorial debut. The film is based on the 1980 novel by J. M. Coetzee.
At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate of an unnamed empire suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.
- (15K)
- Drama, History
- Ciro Guerra
- 2020-08-07
Aug 7, 2020 · Waiting for the Barbarians. 114 minutes ‧ NR ‧ 2020. Nick Allen. August 7, 2020. 6 min read. Mark Rylance had an easier time making us believe he was the 24-feet-tall “BFG” than he does here, trying to sell us a colonizer with a conscience in Ciro Guerra’s tedious “Waiting for the Barbarians.”. The gentle actor plays a man here ...
Jun 24, 2020 · Check out the official Waiting for the Barbarians Trailer starring Robert Pattinson and Johnny Depp!
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Aug 7, 2020 · The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the ‘barbarians’ and on the security situation on the border.
- (19)
- Mark Rylance
- Ciro Guerra
Waiting for the Barbarians. A local magistrate reevaluates his loyalty to his nation while holed up at a remote outpost. Rent Waiting for the Barbarians on Fandango at Home, Apple...
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Sep 6, 2019 · A civil officer in a sleepy border town of an unnamed empire unexpectedly comes face-to-face with the machinations of power in Waiting for the Barbarians, the English-language debut from...