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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.
Aug 7, 2020 · 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.
- (15K)
- Drama, History
- Ciro Guerra
- 2020-08-07
Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel by the South African writer J. M. Coetzee. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction.
- John Maxwell Coetzee
- 1980
Admirable in theory but disappointing in execution, Waiting for the Barbarians struggles to turn strong performances and worthy themes into affecting drama. A local magistrate reevaluates his...
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- Mark Rylance
- Ciro Guerra
- History, Drama
Aug 7, 2020 · Reviews. Waiting for the Barbarians. Nick Allen August 07, 2020. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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."
Jun 24, 2020 · Waiting For The Barbarians - Trailer starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson - YouTube. Samuel Goldwyn Films. 283K subscribers. Subscribed. 1.3K. 800K views 3 years ago....
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- Samuel Goldwyn Films
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Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire. 2,668 IMDb 5.9 1 h 53 min 2020. X-Ray 16+. Arthouse · Drama · Anxious · Malicious. Freevee (with ads) Watch with Prime. Start your 30-day free trial. More purchase.