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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 . The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 6, 2019.
- $764,815
- Waiting for the Barbarians, by J. M. Coetzee
- Giampiero Ambrosi
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.
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- Drama
- Ciro Guerra
- 2020-08-07
Aug 7, 2020 · A tedious and sentimental adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel about a colonizer who tries to help the nomads and a commander who exploits them. Mark Rylance and Johnny Depp star in this period piece that fails to build a believable plot or a clear message.
Aug 6, 2020 · Waiting for the Barbarians. Not rated. Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes. Rent or buy on iTunes, Google Play and other streaming platforms and pay TV operators. Waiting for the Barbarians....
- Ciro Guerra
- Glenn Kenny
- 112 min
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Sep 6, 2019 · An adaptation of JM Coetzee ’s 1980 novel, Waiting for the Barbarians tells the story of a magistrate presiding over an unidentified colonial outpost in the middle of the desert, presumably in...
Waiting for the Barbarians. The Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll, whose task it is to report on the activities of the 'barbarians' and on the security situation on the border.