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Waiting for the Barbarians

Movie
2019
1h 54m
R
English
Drama, History
User Score: 
6
Critic Score: 
53
Waiting for the Barbarians' Poster
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.
Waiting for the Barbarians Poster

Waiting for the Barbarians

R
Movie
2019
1h 54m
English
Drama, History
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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6
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Waiting for the Barbarians (2019) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
53

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Mark Rylance
The Magistrate
Johnny Depp
Colonel Joll
Robert Pattinson
Officer Mandel
David Dencik
The Clerk
Sam Reid
The Lieutenant
Harry Melling
Garrison Soldier #4
Bill Milner
Garrison Soldier #5
Gursed Dalkhsuren
Old Prisoner
Hami Belal
Joll's Man #1
Wil Coban
Mandel's Guard #1
David Moorst
Garrison Soldier #6
Clem So
Barbarian 5
Adam Bensallah
Mai's Grandson
Nayef Rashed
Farmer #1
Haqi Ali
Farmer #2
Younes El Mejjad
Small Boy #2
Simon Luca Oldani
Garrison Sentry #1
Faical El Kihel
Garrison Sentry #2
Laura Cosac
Baker's Wife
Directed By: Ciro Guerra
Written By: Ciro Guerra (Screenplay), J.M. Coetzee (Novel)

Featured Comments/Tips

rickay says...
4 years ago
I don’t know what movie these other people watched but the movie I saw was a shit show
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jarvis-1783384 says...
4 years ago
good movie, very good acting from all actors but too much some slow moment
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VWFringe says...
4 years ago
A very important film, a very saddening story. I still wonder why the girl cried ("not about what they did to her")...? This may at the surface be a period piece, but anyone who's watched, "Democracy Now!" for any length of time knows torture is not about gaining actionable intelligence, it has historically been used to gain false confession. And, the military industrial complex seeks ever widening scope and funding. So, this is a story book to illustrate how those elements play against the human, "costs," or, how we create seven terrorists for every one that we kill. That that fact is know, but not commonly told (and never plays into the formation of policy) is proof that we (the U.S.) have been and continue to be on the wrong side of history. Thinly veiled? No...illustrative.
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MojoRisen says...
4 years ago
Not at all what i expected. If you are looking for a high adventure story about life in the Foreign Legion this aint it. It is actually a very good story about life on the frontier and balancing beliefs against rules. Highly recommend
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Featured User Reviews

JPRetana
2 years ago
In Waiting for the Barbarians' Colonel Joll, Johnny Depp has crafted a great movie villain. I would describe him as either a colonial Darth Vader or a proto-Nazi – and concerning the latter, the character is a textbook illustration of Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil;' perfectly circumspect, not More
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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots
4 years ago
Adapted by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee from his own book, “Waiting for the Barbarians” is a timely screen retelling of the darkest (and most the most cruel) aspects of colonialism. This period film sadly reflects issues many are dealing with in present day: a society that’s relentl More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Despite a strong cast, this is really rather a dirge of a watch. Sir Mark Rylance is the colonial magistrate in a frontier province that inspecting "Col. Joll" (Johnny Depp) believes is about to bear the brunt of an attack from the eponymous enemy. Despite there only appearing to be sheep farmers ad More
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