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After 20 years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca to find his wife imprisoned by rival suitors for kingship and his son threatened with death. Odysseus must rediscover his strength to reclaim his family and all that he has lost. Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche star in this film together for the third time, having 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. Focuses on immersion. The multifaceted pain and suffering of Penelope and Odysseus as Odysseus returns home to Ithaca, this treatise systematically explores the challenges many soldiers face after returning from active duty, including post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues, reintegration into their former lives within their families and communities, and memories of past experiences and pains and the irreversible internal changes that result from them. At the heart of The Return is an excellent cast that allows the viewer to experience a rollercoaster ride during which the two main characters reach extraordinary heights, the latter thanks to the unique and singular resilience of Penelope and Odysseus during this difficult period in their lives . and without the support of each other. In fact, the two are kept separate for much of the film, which only enhances the catharsis in the most intense, thriller-like later part of the film, which is shot more slowly. Fiennes brings his own unique style of portraying suffering to this work, a great development of his great skills from his parallel portrayals of pain and suffering in Spider and The End of the Affair. Binoche is the perfect choice for Penelope because the audience could be tricked a little, given the feeling and hope that these two will reconnect in the same way they were close in The English Patient, and Pasolini uses this to create an additional tension in this work for those who were close throughout The English Patient, the memories are vivid. It is a wonderful and very important work that needs to be experienced!