Project Detail

The Return

Synopsis

After 20 years away Odysseus decides to come back. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.
A new adaptation of Homer’s classic ‘The Odyssey’.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) 2025

Details

Year
2024
Type of film
Features
Running time
115 min
Director
Uberto Pasolini
Producer
Vivien Aslanian, James Clayton, Uberto Pasolini, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Giorgos Karnavas, Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Marco Pacchioni, Roberto Sessa
Executive Producer
Andrew Karpen, Keith Kehoe, Kent Sanderson, Nicolas Sandler, Linda Vianello
Editor
David Charap
Screenwriter
John Collee (script), Edward Bond (script), Uberto Pasolini (script)
Director of Photography
Marius Panduru
Production Designer
Giuliano Pannuti
Sound
Sound Mixer: Maurizio Argentieri
Principal cast
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

US, France, Italy, UK, Greece co-production

A Heretic (GR), Kabo Films (FR), Marvelous Productions (FR), Picomedia (IT), Rai Cinema (IT), Red Wave Films (US), Redwave Films (UK), Ithaca Films Limited (UK) production.

Supported by BFI UK Global Screen Fund (UK)

Redwave Films

James Clayton

Sales Company

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