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I-I will be quite content
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Waiting for the Barbarians

I-I will be quite content to pass quietly awayand merit no more than three linesin the...

I-I will be quite content to pass quietly away
and merit no more than three lines
in the imperial gazette that with nudge here
and a touch there, I kept the world
on its course

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I-I will be quite content
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to pass quietly away and merit no more
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than three lines in the imperial gazette
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that with nudge here and a touch there,
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I kept the world on its course.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
48
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:17
Uploaded
Jun 11, 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.
I must tell you that we don't have - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
I must tell you that we don't have
There's not much-- There's not much crime here, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:11
There's not much-- There's not much crime here,
[chuckles] Where we also store provisions. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
[chuckles] Where we also store provisions.
He's probably never seen anything like them before. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
He's probably never seen anything like them before.
-[speaking local language] -Whatever you call it, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:10
-[speaking local language] -Whatever you call it,
These nomads, barbarians, if you will, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
These nomads, barbarians, if you will,
They migrate. They're always on the move. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
They migrate. They're always on the move.
He may be telling the truth. Who knows? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
He may be telling the truth. Who knows?
Who would have brought an old man and a sick boy - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
Who would have brought an old man and a sick boy
I'll bring one of my men along, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
I'll bring one of my men along,
Uh, tell me, wh-what are your procedures? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
Uh, tell me, wh-what are your procedures?
You come to recognize it with training and experience. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
You come to recognize it with training and experience.
Can you tell whether I am telling the truth? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
Can you tell whether I am telling the truth?
I am speaking of particular situations, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
I am speaking of particular situations,
First lies, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:09
First lies,
Then more lies, more pressure... - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
Then more lies, more pressure...
And then at last the truth. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
And then at last the truth.
Pain is truth - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
Pain is truth
No, that one says that the very same pig - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:09
No, that one says that the very same pig
Excellency, the pig is worth a lot of money. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
Excellency, the pig is worth a lot of money.