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Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

★ 5.9112 minDirector: Ciro Guerra

2019 film directed by Ciro Guerra

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.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Waiting for the Barbarians about?
Waiting for the Barbarians (2019) — At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate of an unnamed empire 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.
Is Waiting for the Barbarians based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Waiting for the Barbarians scary?
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