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Waiting for the Barbarians

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Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians

original title:

Waiting for the Barbarians

directed by:

Ciro Guerra

cast:

Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, Isabella Nefar, Harry Melling, David Dencik, Sam Reid, Bill Milner, Gursed Dalkhsuren, Tserendagva Purevdorj

screenplay:

J. M. Coetzee, from his novel with the same title

cinematography:

Chris Menges

editing:

Jacopo Quadri

set design:

Crispian Sallis, Domenico Sica

costume design:

Carlo Poggioli

producer:

Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi, Michael Fitzgerald, Olga Segura

production:

ILBE

distribution:

Impacto Cine [Argentina], Defiant [Australia], One2see [Belgium], Impacto Cine [Brazil], Impacto Cine [Chile], Impacto Cine [Colombia], Vertical Entertainment [Czech Republic], NonStop [Denmark], Falcon Films [Egypt], NonStop [Finland], SND [France], Constantin Film [Germany], NonStop [Iceland], Falcon Films [Lebanon], Impacto Cine [Mexico], One2see [Netherlands], Defiant [New Zealand], NonStop [Norway], Impacto Cine [Paraguay], Vertical Entertainment [Poland], Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais [Portugal], Vertical Entertainment [Romania], Paradise / MGN [Russia], Falcon Films [Saudi Arabia], Shaw [Singapore], NonStop [Sweden], Cai Chang [Taiwan], Filmarti [Turkey], Paradise / MGN [Ukraine], Falcon Films [United Arab Emirates], Samuel Goldwyn Films [United States], Impacto Cine [Uruguay], Impacto Cine [Venezuela]

world sales:

Ambi Distribution [United States]

country:

Italy

year:

2019

film run:

104'

format:

colour

release date:

24/09/2019

festivals & awards:

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS centers on the crisis of conscience of the Magistrate (Mark Rylance) who is a loyal servant of the Empire working in a tiny frontier town, doing his best to ignore an inevitable war with the “barbarians”. After he witnesses the cruel and unjust treatment of prisoners of war, he reconsiders his role in the regime and carries out a quixotic act of rebellion.