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The Return

2024 • 1h 56m •
History Drama Adventure
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.6/10
539 reviews
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The Return

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.

"Some legends are more than myths."

Top Billed Cast

Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
Odysseus
Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
Penelope
Charlie Plummer
Charlie Plummer
Telemachus
Marwan Kenzari
Marwan Kenzari
Antinous
Claudio Santamaria
Claudio Santamaria
Eumeas
Ángela Molina
Ángela Molina
Eurycleia
Nikitas Tsakiroglou
Nikitas Tsakiroglou
Laertes
Tom Rhys Harries
Tom Rhys Harries
Pisander

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2025-04-10

There something about this film that reminded me of “The Mission” (1986) as it simply depicts the rudimentary lives of the people on Ithaca many years after their King Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) joined the forces of Agamemnon to fight the Trojan War. His wife, Queen Penelope (Juliette Binoche) has been struggling to raise their rather timid son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) whilst being besieged by a slew of suitors who are convinced her husband is dead and want to marry their way onto the throne. When a man is washed up on the beach after a terrific storm, he is taken in by a friendly pig fa...