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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. It stars Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, and Greta Scacchi.
With Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan. At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate 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.
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- Drama, History
- Ciro Guerra
- 2020-08-07
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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 ...
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Morality, and society itself, crumbles in Ciro Guerra’s English-language debut, a stunningly shot, allegorical film featuring a powerful lead performance by Mark Rylance. ☞ Waiting for the Barbarians premieres in the UK on 6 October at the BFI London Film Festival. John Bleasdale.