# Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)

> An isolated imperial magistrate confronts the machinery of colonial cruelty when a ruthless officer turns a frontier outpost into a laboratory of fear.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/348725

## Facts

- Runtime: 112 min
- Genres: Drama, History
- Director: Ciro Guerra
- Cast: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid, Harry Melling
- TMDB rating: 5.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6149154/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: austere, oppressive, brooding, serious film night, literary adaptation viewing

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