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A drama film based on J. M. Coetzee's novel, starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson. It depicts the conflict between a magistrate and a colonel in a desert outpost of an unnamed empire.
Aug 7, 2020 · With Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan. 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.
- (15K)
- Drama, History
- Ciro Guerra
- 2020-08-07
Waiting for the Barbarians is a novel by the South African writer J. M. Coetzee. First published in 1980, it was chosen by Penguin for its series Great Books of the 20th Century and won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for fiction.
- John Maxwell Coetzee
- 1980
A magistrate in a colonial frontier settlement faces a moral dilemma when he encounters a brutal colonel and a barbarian girl. Read the key events and themes of J. M. Coetzee's novel on LitCharts.
Samuel Goldwyn Films. 331K subscribers. 805K views 4 years ago. ...more. Buy/Rent the film today! https://bit.ly/3euHfQaThe Magistrate of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed...
- 2 min
- 806.1K
- Samuel Goldwyn Films
Aug 6, 2020 · Waiting For The Barbarians - Trailer starring Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, and Robert Pattinson. Watch on. Despite the magistrate’s protestations that no barbarian encroachment is in the offing,...
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Aug 7, 2020 · A film adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's novel about a colonizer with a conscience and a nomad woman he cares for. The review criticizes the film's pacing, characterization, and lack of nuance, despite its stunning cinematography and timely themes.