The Return (2024)
Director: Uberto Pasolini Run Time: 116 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Aaron Cobham, Amir Wilson, Charlie Plummer, Claudio Santamaria, Jamie Andrew Cutler, Juliette Binoche, Marwan Kenzari, Moe Bar-El, Ralph Fiennes, Tom Rhys Harries
Country: United States, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Greece
Language: English
About the film:
World Premiere, 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. After 20 years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king finds much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan War. His beloved wife, Penelope, is a prisoner in her own home and hounded to choose a new husband. Their son faces death at the hands of suitors who see him as an obstacle in their pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Odysseus is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember, but he must face his past to save his family.
“in its minimalist take on a classic story, the film relies mainly on the elemental power of Fiennes and Binoche, both suitably haunting as the long-separated lovers who have lapsed into emotional despair.”
—Frank Scheck for The Hollywood Reporter
About the filmmaker:
Uberto Pasolini is an Italian film producer, writer, and director. His debut film Machan (2008) premiered at Venice Film Festival, where it won three awards—Label Europa Cinemas, the FEDIC Award, and the Fedora Award for Best Film (Venice Days). The film won various other awards as well, including Best Feature Film at the Palm Beach International Film Festival. Pasolini’s follow-up feature Still Life (2013) received similar accolades including the Interfaith Award for Best Feature at St. Louis International Film Festival and Best Foreign Film at the Hochi Film Awards. Nowhere Special (2020), Pasolini’s third feature film, premiered at Venice Film Festival and won the Audience Award for Best Feature Film at Warsaw International Film Festival.
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