| Title |
Waiting for the barbarians. |
| Published |
Australia : Defiant! Screen Entertainment, ©2020. |
| Physical description |
1 DVD-video (112 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| General note |
Catalogued from container. |
| Defiant! Screen Entertainment : DEF2886. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2020. |
| Co-production between Italy and the United States. |
| Based on the book of the same name by J.M. Coetzee. |
| Credits note |
Producers, Michael Fitzgerald, Olga Segura, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi ; written by J.M. Coetzee ; director, Ciro Guerra. |
| Performer note |
Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan, Greta Scacchi, David Dencik, Sam Reid. |
| Summary |
The Magistrate 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 the security situation on the border. Joll conducts a series of ruthless interrogations, which leads the Magistrate to question his loyalty to the empire. |
| Subject |
Coetzee, J. M., -- 1940-Film adaptations |
| Colonial administrators -- Drama |
| Border security -- Drama |
| Prisoners of war -- Drama |
| Prisoners of war -- Abuse of -- Drama |
| Oppression (Psychology) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama |
| Oppression (Psychology) -- Political aspects -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Italy |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Action and adventure films |
| War films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Additional author |
Guerra, Ciro, 1981- director. |
| Fitzgerald, Michael, (Producer) producer. |
| Segura, Olga, 1986- producer. |
| Iervolino, Andrea producer. |
| Bacardi, Monika, 1968- producer. |
| Coetzee, J. M., 1940- screenwriter. |
| Rylance, Mark actor. |
| Depp, Johnny actor. |
| Pattinson, Robert, 1986- actor. |
| Bayarsaikhan, Gana actor. |
| Scacchi, Greta actor. |
| Dencik, David, 1974- actor. |
| Reid, Sam, 1987- actor. |
| Coetzee, J. M., 1940- |
| Iervolino Entertainment production company. |
| Added title |
Waiting for the barbarians (Motion picture : 2020) |
