The Return

AroView: A fine adaptation of the final chapters of Homer’s Odyssey in which King Odysseus returns to his broken kingdom after twenty years of war to find that nobody recognises him, including his wife and son.

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche reunite for the first time since The English Patient and their performances are formidable as Odysseus and his abandoned queen who has been ruthlessly courted by a gallery of rogues. It’s a smoldering, psychologically rigorous period drama that credibly inhabits one of the world’s oldest surviving texts.

“Less an epic poem than a showcase for two of cinema’s finest actors, The Return is visually bleak and emotionally gripping.” ~Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times

“With bold performances, a strong vision for the source material, and a wise decision to focus on this under-represented portion of this narrative, The Return makes for an effective character piece that proves these stories are not only timeless, they’re as timely as ever.” ~Jason Gorber, Collider