About The Return
“The Return” is a new movie about history. It’s directed by Uberto Pasolini and stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The story is based on Homer’s Odyssey, rewritten by Edward Bond, John Collee, and Pasolini.
The movie will come out on September 27, 2024, in the United States, distributed by Bleecker Street.
Synopsis of The Return
Odysseus, played by Fiennes, arrives on the shores of his home island, Ithaca, after twenty years of fighting in the Trojan War and finding his way back. The war has left him deeply changed, and he looks very different from the strong king who had left two decades earlier.
His wife Penelope, portrayed by Binoche, is now trapped in her own home, harassed by many men who want her to choose a new husband who can take over as king. Meanwhile, Odysseus and Penelope’s son Telemachus, played by Plummer, is in danger of being killed by those who see him as a threat to their ambitions. To save his family and reclaim what he has lost, Odysseus must confront his past.
Cast of The Return
- Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus
- Juliette Binoche as Penelope
- Charlie Plummer as Telemachus
- Marwan Kenzari as Antinous
- Claudio Santamaria as Eumaeus
- Ayman Al Aboud as Indius
- Amir Wilson as Philoetius
- Francesco Bianchi as Amphimedon
- Nicolas Retrivi as Elenus
- Bruno Cassandra as Promachus
- Cosimo Desii as Eurydamus
Production of The Return
Development
The project started in April 2022. John Collee and Edward Bond wrote the story for the movie. Uberto Pasolini directed it, and James Clayton helped produce it. HanWay Films began selling the movie internationally and took it to the Cannes Film Festival in 2022. In February 2023, Bleecker Street got the rights to show the movie in North America. Andrew Karpen and Kent Sanderson helped with producing it. Roberto Sessa from Picomedia, Rai Cinema, Giorgos Karnavas, and Konstantinos Kontovravkis from Heretic, and Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Vivien Aslanian, and Marco Pacchioni from Kabo Films and Marvelous Production also helped produce the movie. It was a co-production between Italy, the United States, Greece, the United Kingdom, and France.
Casting
The movie is the first time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are in a film together since they starred in The English Patient, which won an Oscar in 1996. In February 2023, Charlie Plummer and Marwan Kenzari joined the cast.
Filming
The movie started being made in Greece in the spring of 2023. They filmed in Corfu and the Peloponnese. After that, they went to film in Italy. They finished filming in Corfu by June 2023.
Release of The Return
It will come out on September 27, 2024, in the United States by Bleecker Street.
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