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Waiting for the Barbarians

Waiting for the Barbarians

2020 · Movie · 1h 52m · R

Streaming on Netflix, Prime, and Tubi.

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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SourceRatingWeight
IMDb6.0/1042%
Rotten Tomatoes53%21%
Metacritic52/10021%
TMDB5.9/10410 votes16%
Balasaur Score57100%

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