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Title: Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)
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| Mark Rylance | ... | The Magistrate | |
| Johnny Depp | ... | Colonel Joll | |
| Robert Pattinson | ... | Officer Mandel | |
| Gana Bayarsaikhan | ... | The Girl | |
| Greta Scacchi | ... | Mai | |
| David Dencik | ... | The Clerk | |
| Sam Reid | ... | The Lieutenant | |
| Harry Melling | ... | Garrison Soldier 4 | |
| Bill Milner | ... | Garrison Soldier 5 | |
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Gursed Dalkhsuren | ... | Old Prisoner |
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Tserendagva Purevdorj | ... | Old Barbarian |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Haqi Ali | ... | Farmer 2 |
| Paul Bazely | ... | The Herbalist | |
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Hami Belal | ... | Joll's Man #1 |
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Adam Bensallah | ... | Mai's Grandson |
A Magistrate working in a distant outpost begins to question his loyalty to the empire.
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Set in the 19th century in an unnamed Asian frontier post, this story describes how imperialism and colonialism disrupts the lives of ordinary people. Mark Rylance is the magistrate of a peaceful settlement where the biggest crime is a pig invading a neighbour's garden brilliantly acting an excellent script based in a prize winning novel,. Johnny Depp is the sinister policeman from the capital who suspects a rebellion and uses torture to get "confessions" A young nomadic girl who is a victim is befriended by the magistrate. The story is well told and the scenery spectacular- deserts and mountains. What is very well done by this film set in the past is that the methods of the policeman, the attitude of the empire , and the whole issue or race and occupation are as relevant today , and this is an allegory of what is happening in the Middle East, the Congo and elsewhere at this very moment.