The Return

The Return is an upcoming film directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The film is a retelling of Homer’s The Odyssey by Edward Bond, John Collee and Pasolini. Synopsis Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of his home island Ithaca after a 20 year Odyssey in and around the Trojan war. Scarred by his experiences he is unrecognisable from the mighty warrior king that left, 20 years before. His wife Penelope (Binoche) is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by many suitors to choose a new husband that would take the throne. Odysseus and Penelope’s Telemachus (Plummer) is facing death at the hands of those who see him as a threat to their ambitions. Odysseus is forced to face his past in order to save his family and win back that which he has lost. Cast Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus Juliette Binoche as Penelope Charlie Plummer as Telemachus Marwan Kenzari as Antinous Claudio Santamaria as Eumeas Amir Wilson as Philetius Francesco Bianchi as Amphimedon Production