72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Waiting for the Barbarians

Ciro Guerra
Italy      112 m.
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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.

Director
Ciro Guerra
Screenplay
J.M. Coetzee
Production
Iervolino Entertainment SpA (Italy)
Michael Fitzgerald, Olga Segura, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi
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Ambi Distribution (USA)
Photography
Chris Menges
Edition
Jacopo Quadri
Music
Giampiero Ambrosi
Cast
Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
112 m.
Country
Italy
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