| Uniform Title |
Waiting for the barbarians (Motion picture : 2020) |
| Title |
Waiting for the barbarians. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Defiant! Screen Entertainment, ©2020. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (112 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
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 |
Directed by Ciro Guerra ; written by J.M. Coetzee ; producers, Michael Fitzgerald, Olga Segura, Andrea Iervolino, Monika Bacardi. |
| Performers |
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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+ |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; widescreen 16:9, Letterbox 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
English. |
| Subjects |
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 |
| Genre |
Action and adventure films |
| War films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
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-. Waiting for the barbarians Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
| Added Corporate Names |
Iervolino Entertainment production company. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Broader Subject References:
Authors:
- Bacardi, Monika, 1968- .
- Bayarsaikhan, Gana .
- Coetzee, J. M., 1940- .
- Coetzee, J. M., 1940-. Waiting for the barbarians .
- Dencik, David, 1974- .
- Depp, Johnny .
- Fitzgerald, Michael, (Producer) .
- Guerra, Ciro, 1981- .
- Iervolino, Andrea .
- Iervolino Entertainment .
- Pattinson, Robert, 1986- .
- Reid, Sam, 1987- .
- Rylance, Mark .
- Scacchi, Greta .
- Segura, Olga, 1986- .
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