10 · 25 · 19 Waiting for the Barbarians, by Ciro Guerra, was presented at the 17th FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Gustavo R. Gallardo The film Waiting for the Barbarians (2019) by Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra (Pájaros de verano, 2018), was presented at the 17th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Waiting for the Barbarians is the first film that the filmmaker shoots in English and is based on the homonymous novel by Sudafrican writer, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003, J. M. Coetzee, guest of honor at the FICM. Daniela Michel Later, both Guerra and Fitzgerald unveiled their armchairs in room 4 of Cinépolis Morelia Centro: “They should cross out mine and write Coetzee; it would look better,” said Fitzgerald. “It is an honor to be here, with Michael and Coetzee, besides all of you; I think this is the most beautiful presentation for one of my films,” commented Guerra.
