Waiting for the Barbarians
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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.
- Director
- Ciro Guerra
- Writers
- Ciro GuerraJ.M. Coetzee
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Top cast
Full cast and crewMark RylanceThe MagistrateJohnny DeppColonel JollRobert PattinsonOfficer MandelGana BayarsaikhanThe GirlGreta ScacchiMaiDavid DencikThe ClerkSam ReidThe LieutenantHarry MellingGarrison Soldier #4Bill MilnerGarrison Soldier #5
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Details
- Release date
- July 30, 2020
- Status
- Released
- Director
- Ciro Guerra
- Writers
- Ciro Guerra, J.M. Coetzee
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Certificate
- R
- Wikidata ID
- Q60737562
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