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Waiting for the Barbarians
2020Age guide: 16+
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…
★ 5.9/10 · 409 TMDB audience ratings
Starring
Mark RylanceThe Magistrate
Johnny DeppColonel Joll
Robert PattinsonOfficer Mandel
Gana BayarsaikhanThe Girl
Greta ScacchiMai
David DencikThe Clerk
Sam ReidThe Lieutenant
Harry MellingGarrison Soldier #4
Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers
Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots: Adapted by Nobel Prize winning author J.M. Coetzee from his own book, “Waiting for the Barbarians” is a timely screen retelling of the… Read full review
tmdb28039023: In Waiting for the Barbarians' Colonel Joll, Johnny Depp has crafted a great movie villain. I would describe him as either a colonial… Read full review