The Return
Synopsis
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 project
- Features
- Running time
- 115 min
- Director
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Uberto Pasolini
- Producer
- Vivien Aslanian, James Clayton, Uberto Pasolini, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, Giorgos Karnavas, Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Marco Pacchioni, Roberto Sessa
- Co-Producer
- Ceri Hughes
- 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 ClaytonSales Company
HanWay Films
8 Basing StreetLondon
W11 1ET
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