Waiting for the Barbarians
2019 · Movie · R · 112 min · ★ 5.9 · 53% critics
At a remote frontier outpost, a colonial official tries to keep order until a hardline military interrogator arrives, convinced an uprising is coming. As brutal tactics escalate against the local people, the official’s faith in the empire cracks, forcing him to choose between obedience and compassion.
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2020-07-30
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (393 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a tense, morally focused period drama about power and cruelty, with a deliberate pace and bleak mood; Not for you if you need fast action or clear catharsis, like in Emancipation.
Pros: timely anti-colonial themes; strong villain presence; striking scenery | Cons: slow, ponderous pace; uneven momentum; lead feels too meek
Themes
- based on novel or book
- colony
- torture
- desert
- colonization
- east asia
Cast & crew
Mark Rylance
as The Magistrate
Johnny Depp
as Colonel Joll
Robert Pattinson
as Officer Mandel
Gana Bayarsaikhan
as The Girl
Greta Scacchi
as Mai
David Dencik
as The Clerk
Sam Reid
as The Lieutenant
Harry Melling
as Garrison Soldier #4
Bill Milner
as Garrison Soldier #5
- GD
Gursed Dalkhsuren
as Old Prisoner
Directed by Ciro Guerra