Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Mark Rylance as The Magistrate
• Johnny Depp as Colonel Joll
• Robert Pattinson as Officer Mandel
• Gana Bayarsaikhan as The Girl
• Greta Scacchi as Mai
• David Dencik as The Clerk
• Sam Reid as The Lieutenant
• Harry Melling as Garrison Soldier #4
• Bill Milner as Garrison Soldier #5
• Gursed Dalkhsuren as Old Prisoner

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• The Bourne Supremacy
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• The Last Emperor
• Papillon
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