original title:
The Return
italian title:
Il ritorno
directed by:
screenplay:
John Collee, Edward Bond, from the poem "Odyssey" by Homer
producer:
Roberto Sessa, Uberto Pasolini, James Clayton
production:
distribution:
world sales:
country:
Italy/Greece/UK
year:
2023
format:
colour
status:
In post-production (22/07/2023)
After 20 years away, Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognisable. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband, a new king. Their son Telemachus, who has grown up fatherless, is facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom.
Odysseus has changed too. Scarred by his experience of war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. But he is forced to face his past in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost.