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Waiting for the Barbarians

Do not tell your mother, but join me in praying for him

Do not tell your mother, but join me in praying for him

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Do not tell your mother,
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but join me in praying for him.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:26:17
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

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.
Now, let-- let's see... - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
Now, let-- let's see...
Um, I went to fetch your-- - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
Um, I went to fetch your--
They showed me into a room where he lay - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:08
They showed me into a room where he lay
"What's happened to him?" I asked the soldier. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
"What's happened to him?" I asked the soldier...
As you see, it contains a single character. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
As you see, it contains a single character.
It is the-- It is the character-- - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:17
It is the-- It is the character--
"justice." - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:08
"justice."
That is a part of barbarian c-cunning. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
That is a part of barbarian c-cunning.
Slips, they can be read in many ways. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
Slips, they can be read in many ways.
They can be read as a plan of war, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:10
They can be read as a plan of war,
You have no idea how tiresome your behavior is. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You have no idea how tiresome your behavior is.
You are the only official on the frontier - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
You are the only official on the frontier
When I arrived back, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:09
When I arrived back,
You would be free to go back to your old life - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You would be free to go back to your old life
However, you seem to have a new ambition. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
However, you seem to have a new ambition.
You want to make a name for yourself - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
You want to make a name for yourself
You want to get your name into the history books, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
You want to get your name into the history books,
People are not interested - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
People are not interested
We will end these troubles, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
We will end these troubles,
These pitiable creatures of yours, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
These pitiable creatures of yours,