“Waiting for the Barbarians” is a morality tale based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name. Director Ciro Guerra takes Coetzee’s screenplay and delivers a film that is beautiful and cruel, epic, yet more intimate than you would imagine. “Barbarians” takes place in the desert on the edge of the Empire, where The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) and his people live an idyllic simple life on the edge of the desert. There is peace and life is good for all until the day Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), a member of the Third Bureau, rides into town to investigate the motives of the nomadic barbarians that linger beyond the walls of the outpost. The community is thrown into flux as Colonel Joll’s investigation methods bring a dark cloud over them and threaten the very peace they’ve enjoyed for years.
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians
Waiting for the Barbarians
“Waiting for the Barbarians” is a morality tale based on J.M. Coetzee’s novel of the same name. Director Ciro Guerra takes Coetzee’s screenplay and delivers a film that is beautiful and cruel, epic, yet more intimate than you would imagine. “Barbarians” takes place in the desert on the edge of the Empire, where The Magistrate (Mark Rylance) and his people live an idyllic simple life on the edge of the desert. There is peace and life is good for all until the day Colonel Joll (Johnny Depp), a member of the Third Bureau, rides into town to investigate the motives of the nomadic barbarians that linger beyond the walls of the outpost. The community is thrown into flux as Colonel Joll’s investigation methods bring a dark cloud over them and threaten the very peace they’ve enjoyed for years.