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Waiting for the Barbarians

2020·1h 52m
DramaHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 6.0/10
16,497 votes
Metascore
52
Metacritic

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 is a 2020 drama history movie directed by Ciro Guerra, starring Johnny Depp, Mark Rylance, Robert Pattinson. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.0/10 from 16,497 votes and runs 1h 52m.

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Director
Ciro Guerra
Stars
Johnny Depp
Mark Rylance
Robert Pattinson
Gana Bayarsaikhan
Creators
J.M. Coetzee
Details
2020-08-07
112 min
Movie
★ Italy, United States
★ English, Mongolian
Keywords
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