Waiting for the Barbarians

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The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), whose task it is to report on the activities of the 'barbarians' and on the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Cast: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi
  • Director: Ciro Guerra
  • Producer: Michael Fitzgerald, Monika Bacardi, Andrea Iervolino, Olga Segura
  • Screenplay: J. M. Coetzee
  • Studio: Samuel Goldwyn Films