30/50
After 20 years, Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife in captivity among suitors fighting for the royal throne, and his son is threatened with death at their hands. To bring back his family and everything he lost, Odysseus must regain his strength. Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are filming together for the third time. Earlier, they worked together in the films “Stormy Pass” (1992) and “The English Patient” (1996). Penelope: How can men find their way to war, but not find their way home? Odysseus: For some, war becomes home. Focusing on immersing the viewer in the multifactorial pain and suffering of Penelope and Odysseus during Odysseus’ return home to Ithaca, this treatise appears to fairly systematically explore the issues faced by many soldiers returning from active duty, including post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues with mental health, reintegration into one’s former life with family and society, as well as memories and pain as experienced, both caused and internal changes caused by it, which are irreversible. “The Return” is supported by an excellent selection of actors, which allows the viewer to feel this roller coaster, on which the two main characters reach significant heights, and the latter – thanks to the unique and special endurance of both Penelope and Odysseus during this difficult period of their lives. and without each other’s support. In fact, the two films stay quite separate for most of the action, which only heightens the catharsis in the tense, thriller-like last part of the otherwise slower film. Fiennes brings to this work his unique style of portraying suffering, a wonderful continuation of his remarkable skill acquired in the related films “The Spider” and “The End of the Novel”. Binoche is the perfect choice for Penelope, as the viewer can be tricked into feeling and hoping that these two will reunite in the same way that they were close throughout The English Patient, and Pasolini uses this to create additional tension in this work for those whose memories of the “English patient” are vivid. This is a wonderful and very relevant work that you must feel!