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.
Directed by Ciro Guerra
based on novel or book
colony
torture
desert
colonization
east asia
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
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Cast
Mark Rylance
The Magistrate
Johnny Depp
Colonel Joll
Robert Pattinson
Officer Mandel
Gana Bayarsaikhan
The Girl
Greta Scacchi
Mai
David Dencik
The Clerk
Sam Reid
The Lieutenant
Harry Melling
Garrison Soldier #4
Bill Milner
Garrison Soldier #5
Tserendagva Purevdorj
Old Barbarian
Hami Belal
Joll's Man #1
Wil Coban
Mandel's Guard #1
Crew
Ciro Guerra
Director
Ciro Guerra
Screenplay
Chris Menges
Director of Photography
Olga Segura-Gall
Producer
Andrea Iervolino
Producer
Michael Fitzgerald
Producer
J.M. Coetzee
Novel
Ilario Monti
First Assistant Editor
Popular Reviews
37 reviews
Svea
7.0★ · 10/04/25
With all due disrespect to Johnny's and Robert's characters: What the actual fuck?
With all due disrespect to Johnny's and Robert's characters: What the actual fuck?
Kelz
2.0★ · 08/25/25
I only watched this for Robert Pattinson 🥀🥀
I only watched this for Robert Pattinson 🥀🥀
Chèrie
7.0★ · 08/22/25
Seeing tserendagva and johhny depp together is weird
Seeing tserendagva and johhny depp together is weird
ankle
5.0★ · 04/17/25
had a statement to make, had no worthwhile substance to back it up. the characters were caricatures
had a statement to make, had no worthwhile substance to back it up. the characters were caricatures
Oskar Columb
8.4★ · 12/30/23
I maintain my appreciation of this slept on classic.
I maintain my appreciation of this slept on classic.