Ralphe Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are set to star in 'The Return,' a new film inspired by Homer's Odyssey.
It is always beautiful when a classic tale is remade to a modern audience. In this case, Academy nominee filmmaker Uberto Pasolini is tasked with offering a new take on the classic Homer tale, The Odyssey. The project that had been announced last year and is now set to star Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche in lead roles, titled The Return.
Bleecker Street has picked up North American rights to the film and it will mark the first time Fiennes and Binoche will take part in a project together since Anthony Mingehella's iconic, Oscar-winning The English Patient, which proved to be a cultural sensation upon its release. Joining the acting legends on the picture is Charlie Plummer, the Venice Film Festival Best Young Actor Award winner. After 20 years away Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable.
Their son Telemachus , who has grown up fatherless, is facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom. Odysseus has changed too. Scarred by his experience of war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. But he is forced to face his past in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost.
The Return is written by Pasolini, Edward Bond, and John Collee. Executive producing the picture for Bleecker Street are Andrew Karpen and Kent Sanderson. The film is an Italy-Greece-U.K.-France co-production, produced by Pasolini and James Clayton for Red Wave Films, Roberto Sessa for Picomedia with Rai Cinema, Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovravkis for Heretic and Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Vivien Aslanian and Marco Pacchioni for Kabo Films and Marvelous Production.
Bleecker Street has set a 2024 release date for the film. Check out the trailer for Fiennes' latest film, The Menu, below:
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