Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

The magistrate of a remote outpost questions his loyalties to the empire when a colonel arrives and begins torturing the nomadic people along the border.

Director: Ciro Guerra
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Sam Reid, Harry Melling, David Dencik, Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Greta Scacchi, Gana Bayarsaikhan
Runtime: 01h 53m
Type: Movie

Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

The magistrate of a remote outpost questions his loyalties to the empire when a colonel arrives and begins torturing the nomadic people along the border.

Director: Ciro Guerra
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Sam Reid, Harry Melling, David Dencik, Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Greta Scacchi, Gana Bayarsaikhan
Runtime: 01h 53m
Type: Movie
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