The Return is a 2024 drama film directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The film is a retelling of the last sections of Homer's Odyssey as adapted by Edward Bond, John Collee, and Pasolini.

The Return: Directed by Uberto Pasolini. With Charlie Plummer, Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Claudio Santamaria. After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands.

Dec 6, 2024 · Disguised as a beggar by the goddess Athena, and aged by twenty years away, Odysseus is unrecognizable even to his loved ones. The ending is both a restoration of the old order and a righteous bloodbath, as ingenious and exciting as the hero’s adventures on the seas, despite the more intimate scale.

Dec 6, 2024 · After 20 years away, Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king.

Returner (Japanese: リターナー, Hepburn: Ritānā) is a 2002 Japanese science fiction action film directed, co-written, and with visual effects by Takashi Yamazaki. It stars Takeshi Kaneshiro and Anne Suzuki, who must team up in present-day Japan to …

Dec 6, 2024 · Ralph Fiennes is an acclaimed Shakespearean actor, but now he is tackling Greek mythology in a new take on the classic story of Odysseus, The Return. The 2024 new movie adds another level of interest as it also marks a reunion for Fiennes with his The English Patient co-star Juliette Binoche.

Dec 6, 2024 · Reuniting Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche, stars of "The English Patient," this pared-down telling of a soldier's return simmers, never quite reaching a boil.

Shot on craggy location, The Return recasts Homer’s Odyssey as a tragedy of stripped-down solemnity and slow-boiling power. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2024. The Return is a...

After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king finds much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His beloved wife, Penelope, is a prisoner in her own home and hounded to choose a new husband.