Robert Pattinson as Officer Mandel

Screen Daily and Deadline both reported that Samuel Goldwyn Films have bought the North American rights for Waiting for the Barbarians and will release on digital platforms on 7 August 2020. From the press release :

WAITING FOR THE BARBARIANS is filled with powerful and moving performances from Mark, Johnny, Robert, and Gana. The cinematography is beautiful and director Ciro Guerra creates a world that forces us to look deeper into ourselves and ask, “What would I do?”. Samuel Goldwyn Films is proud to bring this film to audiences,” says Peter Goldwyn of Samuel Goldwyn Films.

Thanks Sallyvg for heads up about still.

Robert Pattinson also appears in a haunting supporting role as a soldier, whose cold-blooded vein resembles that of the Colonel.

Waiting for the Barbarians has been released at a few festivals, the main being its World Premiere at Venice Film Festival in September 2019. Below are reviews that focus on Rob’s performance. I will update this with reviews as the film is released.

THE COOL

BFI (Venice Film Festival)

His decision to take her back to her people leads to his own arrest as a traitor and torture at the hands of the vile Mendel (Robert Pattinson). His fall is precipitous and his humiliation and torture cruel.

Variety (Venice Film Festival)

… including a foppishly snarling Pattinson … For arthouse distributors, villainous supporting turns by Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson will bolster the kerb appeal of a film likely to divide critics at some cost to its commercial prospects.

Mirror UK (Venice Film Festival)

…but Robert Pattinson gives a much more effective but underused turn as the oppressive Officer Mandel who is barely able to contain his toxic rage.

IndieWire (Venice Film Festival)

Because once Johnny Depp turns up again to take on the hordes, this time with Robert Pattinson’s sadistic Officer Mandel in tow, we already know who are the real barbarians — but that doesn’t stop this film from hitting that point and hitting it hard.

The Playlist (Venice Film Festival)

 Notwithstanding how central torture is to the film, we see very little of it and most comes after the arrival of Joll’s repulsively violent apprentice, Officer Mandel (Robert Pattinson).

Robert Pattinson in Morocco filming Waiting for the Barbarians

Nabil Jalil shared a different clearer version of his photo with Rob when he filmed Waiting for the Barbarians in Morocco back in 2018. We posted a different version Nabil shared back in December 2018 which you can see HERE. Nabil was one of the transportation coordinators for the film. As yet, still no word on when we will see this film.

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Robert Pattinson & Ciro Guerra on the set of #WaitingfortheBarbarians

We have posted a crop of this shot before – the full photo was shown in the video footage of an interview Ciro Guerra gave back in August 2019. You can check it out at our previous post (link above). I’m posting as we have never shared the full shot before.

#CineColombiano | ¡El @_FICCI_ ya tiene película inaugural! “Esperando a los bárbaros”, el más reciente largometraje de Ciro Guerra, llega a Colombia después de competir por el León de Oro en el pasado Festival de Cine de Venecia. #FICCIPatrimonioDeTodos #Derivacósmica. pic.twitter.com/s2YXGyjSbw

— Proimagenes Colombia (@Proimagenes) February 18, 2020

Robert Pattinson as Officer Mandel in #WaitingfortheBarbarians

I was only talking about this film yesterday and wondering when we would be seeing something new. Below is an amazing sketch as well.

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Thanks @Monsieur_HJ

Short Clip of Robert Pattinson in Waiting for the Barbarians

Here’s a short clip of Robert Pattinson in Waiting for the Barbarians which was screened as part of the Venice Film Festival presentation. Thanks @AboutRPattinson for the clip and screencap.