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Third time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche star in a film together
After 20 years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To regain his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength.
Odysseus: For some, war becomes their home
They previously worked together on Wuthering Heights (1992) and Engleski pacijent (1996). Penelope: How can men find their way to war but not find their way home?
This time, Homer’s incarnation looks great in the way the director takes it
The final acts of the cinematic titan of literature’s greatest poem are more than good. Thanks to the greats, Ralph and Julia, whose personifications of Penelope and Odysseus are magnificently powerful.
Ancient classical literature so powerful
You can feel and touch the pain and loss of both: Odyssey can’t go back home because of God’s will, she is so tired and unsure of anything and Penelope keeps the faith and barely understands the world of desire of men who dominate at any cost. The scenes of brutal murders reveal to us that not much has changed…