Waiting for the Barbarians

Synopsis

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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Cast

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

Tserendagva Purevdorj

Old Barbarian

Hami Belal

Joll's Man #1

Wil Coban

Mandel's Guard #1

David Moorst

Garrison Soldier #6

Joseph Long

Baker

Clem So

Barbarian 5

Isabella Nefar

Star

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Dulguun-Erdene Garamkhand

Boy Prisoner

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Adam Bensallah

Mai's Grandson

Nayef Rashed

Farmer #1

Crew

Art

• Domenico Sica Supervising Art Director
• Annick Biltresse Art Department Coordinator
• Crispian Sallis Set Decoration
• Crispian Sallis Production Design

Camera

• Chris Menges Director of Photography
• Olly Tellett First Assistant "A" Camera
• Paul Snell Second Assistant "A" Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Marta Roggero Makeup Department Head
• Armido Pezzato Hair Department Head
• Carlo Poggioli Costume Design
• Matthew Smith Prosthetic Makeup Artist
• Malika Bouizergane Makeup Artist
• Hamdan Malika Makeup Artist

Crew

• Erika Scaramella Post Production Supervisor
• Alex Matcham Production Controller

Directing

• Ciro Guerra Director
• Mohammed Hamza Regragui Assistant Director

Editing

• Jacopo Quadri Editor
• Ilario Monti First Assistant Editor
• Leonardo Balestrieri Assistant Editor

Lighting

• Jonathan Spencer Chief Lighting Technician

Production

• Olga Segura-Gall Producer
• Deborah Dobson Bach Line Producer
• Andrea Iervolino Producer
• Michael Fitzgerald Producer
• Monika Bacardi Producer
• Brian W. Cook Co-Executive Producer
• Zakaria Alaoui Line Producer
• Lissy Holm Casting
• Leo Davis Casting
• Penelope Glass Executive Producer
• Danielle Maloni Line Producer
• Davide Tovi Production Manager

Sound

• Giampiero Ambrosi Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

• Thorsten Rienth VFX Artist

Writing

• Ciro Guerra Screenplay
• J.M. Coetzee Novel

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