Waiting for the Barbarians

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Theatrical - Wide 2020-08-07

Cast Mark Rylance Johnny Depp Robert Pattinson Greta Scacchi David Dencik
Directed by Ciro Guerra
Written by Ciro Guerra

Box Office Gross: $761,361

Running Time: 112 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: AMBI Group, Infinitum Nihil, Ithaca Pictures, Iervolino Entertainment, Samuel Goldwyn Films

Genres: Drama History

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5/10

Synopsis

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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Review: Waiting for the Barbarians

Posted 6 years ago

Story: A Magistrate working in a distant outpost begins to question his loyalty to the Empire and his country when a colonel begins torturing members of a nomadic tribe. Review: I wouldn’t debate anyone who said that J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Waiting...

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Review: Waiting for the Barbarians

Posted 6 years ago

Story: A Magistrate working in a distant outpost begins to question his loyalty to the Empire and his country when a colonel begins torturing members of a nomadic tribe. Review: I wouldn’t debate anyone who said that J.M. Coetzee’s novel “Waiting...

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