27/10
To reclaim his family and everything he has lost, Odysseus must regain his strength
Chronology
After 20 years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held captive by suitors vying to become king and his son facing death at their hands. This is the third time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche have starred in a film together, having previously worked together in Emily Brontë’s The English Patient and Wuthering Heights.
Ulysses: For some, war becomes home
Penelope: How can men find their way to war but not their way back? The goal is to immerse the viewer in the multi-factorial pain and suffering of Penelope and Odysseus upon Odysseus’ return to Ithaca, this treatise seemed to explore quite systematically the challenges many soldiers face upon returning from active service, including PTSD.
In fact, both are kept apart for much of the build-up, which only makes the catharsis more powerful in the more intense, thriller-like later part of the otherwise slower film
and other mental health issues, reintegration into their old lives with family and society, and flashbacks of memories and pain endured and inflicted, and the resulting inner change that is irreversible. The Return is fueled by a great casting choice to allow the viewer to experience this roller coaster ride that the two key protagonists ride to significant heights, the latter thanks to the unique and particular endurance of Penelope and Odysseus in this difficult period of their lives, and without each other’s support.
It is a wonderful and very relevant work that must be experienced!
Fiennes brings to this work his unique style of depicting suffering – a great extension of his wonderful skills from his adjacent depictions of pain and anguish in Spider-Man and The End of the Affair. Binoche is the perfect choice for Penelope, as the viewer could be led to feel and hope that the two will reunite in the same way they were close throughout The English Patient, and Pasolini exploits this to create an added tension in this work for those whose memories of The English Patient are vivid.
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