Waiting for the Barbarians

Is Waiting for the Barbarians right for your family?

Movie 2020 112 min

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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Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 16 (BR)

Likely present: ViolencePolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content

The title and synopsis suggest themes of social and political conflict and moral dilemmas.

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