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2024
The Return is a 2024 drama film directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The film is a retelling of the second half of Homer's Odyssey where Odysseus returns to his homeland in Ithaca after his long absence as adapted by Edward Bond, John Collee, and Pasolini.
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Source This film narrates a mythological theme: the return of the hero Odysseus (Odysseus) to his home in Ithaca. There are no gods or divine interventions in the film; it is a realistic revision of the classical Greek myth. Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) is a mature and weary man, who returns home almost by chance. His boat is shipwrecked and he washes up on a beach where he lies until he is found by fishermen. Be…More
Source Its not necessarily a dry season but there is not much to watch, people are just getting back form Xmas so I'm still picking up on some titles I had on my list for some reason or another, I recently watched Uberto Pasolini " The Return (2024)" and it was really a bit of fresh air in the world of epic Greek mythology, I had no idea what the movie was about at first because to be hones the cover looks very bori…More
The film was truly an Odyssey, but mostly in the negative sense of the word—namely, it felt endless. I personally think the decision to focus solely on the final rhapsodies of Homer’s epic is initially justified by the fact that, judging from Ralph Fiennes’ portrayal, Odysseus is clearly suffering from PTSD after the Trojan War. However, this choice would have worked better if the movie had been shorter and not near…More
