Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche will reunite on screen for the first time in 25 years when they will star in a new take on Homer’s ancient classic “The Odyssey” called “The Return” as directed by Uberto Pasolini.
Production on “The Return” will kick off in Greece this spring, filming in Corfu and the Peloponnese, before continuing in Italy.
The film tracks the events at the end of “The Odyssey” and stars Fiennes as Odysseus having finally returned home to Ithaca after 20 years away. Haggard, unrecognizable, and scarred by the experience of the Trojan War, he reels from his journey home.
Binoche plays his wife Penelope, who has become a prisoner in her own home after being hounded by countless suitors eager to be king. Charlie Plummer will also star in “The Return” as Odysseus and Penelope’s son Telemachus, facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle. Odysseus 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.
Pasolini (“Nowhere Special”) co-wrote the film with Edward Bond (“Blow-Up,” “Walkabout”), and John Collee (“Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” “Hotel Mumbai”).
Binoche won an Oscar in 1997 for her work in “The English Patient.” Fiennes was nominated for Best Actor as well. Binoche’s victory was one of nine Oscars for the Best Picture-winning film.
Featured image: From The Odyssey, adapted by Gillian Cross and illustrated by Neil Packer, published by Walker Books in 2013.
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