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Waiting for the Barbarians

Tell me, i-if youdon't mind me asking, what-- what are they for?

Tell me, i-if you
don't mind me asking, what-- what are they for?

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Tell me, i-if you don't mind me asking,
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what-- what are they for?
Duration
7 seconds
Views
70
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:05
Uploaded
Jun 11, 2025
Genres
drama
Production
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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.
They protect one's eyes - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
They protect one's eyes
Are you familiar with these parts of the frontier? - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
Are you familiar with these parts of the frontier?
With the south, but not with this part, not yet. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
With the south, but not with this part, not yet.
I have leave due to me, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
I have leave due to me,
I'd feel like a foreigner if I went back to the capital. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
I'd feel like a foreigner if I went back to the capital...
And the capital, too, has changed, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
And the capital, too, has changed,
So if you will excuse me, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
So if you will excuse me,
He's a policeman, a colonel of the police, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:07
He's a policeman, a colonel of the police,
Once in every generation, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:13
Once in every generation,
It's the consequence of too much ease. - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:04
It's the consequence of too much ease.
We protect ourselves against wild animals, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:05
We protect ourselves against wild animals,
If an angry bear approaches you, - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:06
If an angry bear approaches you,
I-I will be quite content - Waiting for the Barbarians 00:15
I-I will be quite content
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.