The Return

Nov 28, 2024

1h 56m

★ 6.5

Some legends are more than myths.

Overview

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war.

Genres

History

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

Picomedia

RAI Cinema

Redwave Films

Heretic

Kabo Films

Marvelous Productions

Ithaca Films

The Return Trailers

Cast

Odysseus (Ulisse)

Ralph Fiennes

Penelope

Juliette Binoche

Telemachus (Telemaco)

Charlie Plummer

Antinous (Antinoo)

Marwan Kenzari

Eumeas (Eumeo)

Claudio Santamaria

Eurycleia (Euriclea)

Ángela Molina

Laertes

Nikitas Tsakiroglou

Pisander (Pisandro)

Tom Rhys Harries

Eurymachus (Eurimaco)

Jamie Andrew Cutler

Elatus (Elato)

Moe Bar-El

Philetus (Filezio)

Amir Wilson

Hippotas

Jaz Hutchins

Based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, "300" is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world's first democracy.

7.2

Troy

May 13, 2004

In year 1250 B.C. during the late Bronze age, two emerging nations begin to clash. Paris, the Trojan prince, convinces Helen, Queen of Sparta, to leave her husband Menelaus, and sail with him back to Troy. After Menelaus finds out that his wife was taken by the Trojans, he asks his brother Agamemnon to help him get her back. Agamemnon sees this as an opportunity for power. They set off with 1,000 ships holding 50,000 Greeks to Troy.

6.4

The 300 Spartans

Aug 1, 1962

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5.0

The Search for Alexander the Great

May 6, 1981

Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.

6.1

Arion

Mar 15, 1986

The story follows Arion, a young man kidnapped by Hades as a child and raised to believe that his mother was blinded by Zeus and that killing the ruler of Mount Olympus will cure her.

7.0

The Man from Snowy River

Mar 25, 1982

Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.

6.9

Clash of the Titans

Jun 12, 1981

To win the right to marry his love, the beautiful princess Andromeda, and fulfil his destiny, half-God-half-mortal Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa's head and battling the feared Kraken.

7.5

Hercules

Jun 13, 1997

Bestowed with superhuman strength, a young mortal named Hercules sets out to prove himself a hero in the eyes of his father, the great god Zeus. Along with his friends Pegasus, a flying horse, and Phil, a personal trainer, Hercules is tricked by the hilarious, hotheaded villain Hades, who's plotting to take over Mount Olympus!

7.7

Orpheus

Sep 29, 1950

A famous poet in postwar Paris, scorned by the Left Bank youth, is in love with both his wife Eurydice and a mysterious princess. Seeking inspiration, the poet becomes obsessed and follows the princess from the world of the living to the land of the dead.

7.2

Jason and the Argonauts

Jun 13, 1963

Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.

6.4

My Giraffe

Oct 4, 2017

Dikkertje Dap was born on the same day as Raf the giraffe. Dikkertje can often be found at the zoo, because Raf is his best friend. They are inseparable, until Dikkertje goes to school for the first time and finds out giraffes can’t go to school. Dikkertje dearly misses Raf, but also experiences exciting new things. He even makes a new friend: Yous. Raf misses Dikkertje too. So Dikkertje devises a plan to bring the giraffe to school and introduce his two friends to each other.

6.4

Dante's Inferno

Mar 10, 1911

A two-reel adaptation of Dante Alighieri's Inferno from the Divine Comedy by Helios Film. It is less well-known than the five-reel feature produced the same year by Milano Films, but it was released earlier in 1911.

7.9

Mulan

Jun 18, 1998

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.

5.1

The Giant of Marathon

Dec 3, 1959

A Greek soldier leads the fight against an invading Persian army.

5.9

Clash of the Titans

Mar 26, 2010

Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny.

6.6

The Little Drummer Boy

Dec 19, 1968

After being kidnapped and escaping, young drummer boy Aaron searches for his camel and finds him in the Nativity of the Baby Jesus. Aaron gives Baby Jesus the only gift he has, a song on his drum.

4.9

Minotaur

Mar 11, 2006

Long ago in the Iron Age, a shadow loomed over a lonely village. For generations, the village youths are stolen from their families and delivered as sacrifice to a mythical beast - the Minotaur, that dwells beneath a great palace. Theo, haunted by the loss of his love in an earlier sacrifice is convinced that the beast isn't real and that his girl still lives as a slave within the palace.

6.4

Time for Them to Come Home for Christmas

Nov 27, 2021

During the holidays, a woman with amnesia catches a ride with her handsome nurse to investigate the only clue to her identity: a newspaper clipping for a Christmas Festival with a cryptic invitation.

6.0

Alexander

Nov 21, 2004

Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.

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0.0

Ulysse est revenu

Jul 3, 1978

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