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Waiting for the Barbarians (2020)

Movie · Drama, History · ⭐ 5.9/10 · 1h 52m

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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