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Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians

20195.91h 52m

Overview

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.

Directed by Ciro Guerra
Written by Ciro Guerra, J.M. Coetzee
Produced by Olga Segura-Gall, Andrea Iervolino, Michael Fitzgerald
Box Office0Revenue: $761K

Top Cast

Mark Rylance

Mark Rylance

The Magistrate

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Colonel Joll

Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson

Officer Mandel

Gana Bayarsaikhan

Gana Bayarsaikhan

The Girl

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

Mai

David Dencik

David Dencik

The Clerk

Sam Reid

Sam Reid

The Lieutenant

Harry Melling

Harry Melling

Garrison Soldier #4

Bill Milner

Bill Milner

Garrison Soldier #5

G

Gursed Dalkhsuren

Old Prisoner

Themes & Keywords

colonytorturedesertcolonizationeast asia

About Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians is a drama, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of colony, torture, desert, colonization, east asia. Directed by Ciro Guerra, it stars Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson. 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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