Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

Directed by

Ciro Guerra

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 397 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A magistrate at a remote colonial outpost witnesses the brutal treatment of native people by the military. He begins to question his own role in the empire and faces a moral crisis.

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What happens

Waiting for the Barbarians is a 2019 drama film and English-language directorial debut by Ciro Guerra. 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. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2019. It was released on August 7, 2020, by Samuel Goldwyn Films. It received a lukewarm critical response. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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