DVD
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Waiting for the barbarians
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (EAS, OSH)
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid.
Publication Information
Culver City, CA : Samuel Goldwyn Films, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 113 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
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.
Notes
Based on the novel by J.M. Coetzee.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Bonus trailers: "Waiting for the barbarians," "Judy and Punch," "Fisherman's friends," "Bull," "Apocalypto."