The Return

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.

Cast

Ralph Fiennes

as Odysseus

Juliette Binoche

as Penelope

Charlie Plummer

as Telemachus

Marwan Kenzari

as Antinous

Claudio Santamaria

as Eumeas

Ángela Molina

as Eurycleia

Nikitas Tsakiroglou

as Laertes

Tom Rhys Harries

as Pisander

Jamie Andrew Cutler

as Eurymachus

Moe Bar-El

as Elatus

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 bee...

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