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The Odyssey, the ancient Greek epic poem ascribed to the poet Homer, charts the return home of its eponymous hero, Odysseus.
The Return is the latest in a long line of Homeric adaptations and narrows its focus to the very last phase of the original ...
By comparison, Pasolini’s film is a stripped-down version of the story, covering only the end of Odysseus’s wanderings. With ...
Odysseus, battle-scarred and all at sea, buffeted from pillar to post on a decade-long voyage home. Penelope in their palace, ...
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The Return Review
Ten years after Troy’s fall, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) finally reaches his home Ithaca, where suitors are pressuring his wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) to remarry.
The Return by Uberto Pasolini explores Odysseus' weary return, Penelope’s fading hope, and Telemachus' lost childhood. A ...
Ralph Fiennes plays the hero as a warrior shamed by his deeds and suffering from PTSD.
When he finally returns to Ithaca Odysseus' quest is not at an end, as he is forced to deal with the sorry state his home has been left in by the arrogant suitors seeking his wife's hand.
Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) is in bad shape, and his kingdom is not faring much better. Twenty years after the Trojan War, our ...