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Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
Release Year: 2019
Nation: Italy, United States of America
Alternative Title: Warten auf die Barbaren, Esperando a los bárbaros, Czekając na barbarzyńców, В ожидании варваров, Barbarları Beklerken
Director: Ciro Guerra
Writer: Ciro Guerra, J.M. Coetzee
Production & Genre
Producer(s):
Companies: AMBI Group, Iervolino Entertainment, Infinitum Nihil, Ithaca Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Films
Genre: Drama, History
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
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Keywords
Keywords: colonization, colony, desert, east asia, torture
Story
In an isolated frontier outpost of an unnamed colonial empire, a magistrate is confronted with a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives seeking information about an impending uprising among the local inhabitants. The colonel uses cruel interrogation methods that horrify the magistrate.
Summary
Waiting for the Barbarians (2019) is a drama film directed by Ciro Guerra, set in an unnamed colonial empire's outpost. It explores themes of colonization and its impact on both colonizers and colonized through the lens of a magistrate's moral struggle.
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