The Return

2024 116 min ★ 6.5 History, Drama, Adventure

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.

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Cast

Ralph Fiennes

Odysseus (Ulisse)

Juliette Binoche

Penelope

Charlie Plummer

Telemachus (Telemaco)

Marwan Kenzari

Antinous (Antinoo)

Claudio Santamaria

Eumeas (Eumeo)

Ángela Molina

Eurycleia (Euriclea)

Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Laertes

Tom Rhys Harries

Pisander (Pisandro)

Jamie Andrew Cutler

Eurymachus (Eurimaco)

Moe Bar-El

Elatus (Elato)

Details

Director

Uberto Pasolini

Tagline

"Some legends are more than myths."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$3,300,444

Production

Picomedia, RAI Cinema, Redwave Films, Heretic, Kabo Films, Marvelous Productions, Ithaca Films, Greek Film Centre, ERT, UK Global Screen Fund, MiC, CNC

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

April 10, 2025

★ 6/10

There something about this film that reminded me of “The Mission” (1986) as it simply depicts the rudimentary lives of the people on Ithaca many years after their King Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) joined the forces of Agamemnon to fight the Trojan War. His wife, Queen Penelope (Juliette Binoche) has been struggling to raise their rather timid son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) whilst being besieged by a...