Waiting for the Barbarians Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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Plot

The MAGISTRATE, administrator of an isolated frontier settlement on the border of an unnamed empire, looks forward to an easy retirement until the arrival of COLONEL JOLL, 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. The treatment of the ‘barbarians’ at the hands of the Colonel and the torture of a young ‘barbarian’ woman combine to lead the Magistrate to a crisis of conscience and a quixotic act of rebellion.

Action Adventure Drama

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Waiting for the Barbarians.

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  Mark Rylance

  The BFG, Ready Player One

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  Johnny Depp

  Day Drinker, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

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  Robert Pattinson

  Mickey 17, The Batman Part II

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  Gana Bayarsaikhan

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  Greta Scacchi

  Operation Finale, Beyond the Sea

Crew Behind the Film

The Waiting for the Barbarians behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Ciro Guerra last directed Embrace of the Serpent and The Wind Journeys.

Director

Ciro Guerra

Screenwriter

J.M. Coetzee

Production Details

What we know about the Waiting for the Barbarians movie production.

Key Facts

• Based on J.M. Coetzee 's novel which was first published in 1980.

Production Updates for Waiting for the Barbarians

Jun 2020

Completed

Changed Waiting for the Barbarians movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jul 2018

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Principal photography slated to begin this fall in Europe and North America.

Oct 2016

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

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