12/29
After 20 years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca to find his wife, who has been captured by suitors vying for the title of king, and his son is in danger of death. To reclaim his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength… This is the third time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche have appeared in a film. They previously worked together in Wuthering Heights (1992) and The English Patient (1996). Penelope: How can men find their way to war but not their way home? Odysseus: For some, war becomes home. This treatise aims to immerse the audience in the multifaceted pain and suffering of Penelope and Odysseus as Odysseus returns home to Ithaca, and it explores the challenges faced by many soldiers in a rather systematic way. returning from active duty, including PTSD and other mental health issues, reintegration into their previous lives with family and society, and the memories and pain they experienced and inflicted on themselves, and the resulting internal changes that are irreversible. The Return is based on a great cast that allows the viewer to experience this roller coaster ride in which the two main characters reach remarkable heights thanks to the unique and unusual perseverance of Penelope and Odysseus during this difficult time in their lives. and without each other. In fact, the two are kept quite apart for most of the build-up, which only makes the catharsis stronger in the most intense, thriller-like later part of the otherwise slower-paced film. Fiennes brings his unique style of portraying suffering to this work – a great extension of his amazing skills at supporting pain and suffering in Spider and The End of the Affaa. Binoche is the perfect choice for Penelope, as the viewer might be a little tempted to feel and hope that the two of them will reconnect in the same way they were close in The English Patient, and Pasolini uses this to heighten the tension in this piece whose memories of the English Patient are vivid. This is a great and very relevant piece that must be experienced!