15
2hrs 35mins

Join us for a special preview of The Return on 9 April, followed by a discussion, broadcast live from the British Museum, with Academy Award nominee Ralph Fiennes, director Uberto Pasolini, British Museum's Keeper of Greece and Rome, Tom Harrison and Curator: Reception of the Ancient Mediterranean, Vicky Donnellan.

Unfortunately no Audio Description track is available for this feature.
Uberto Pasolini
15
Drama/Fiction
Strong bloody violence, brief nudity
English

The Return tells the story of the mythical Greek hero, Odysseus (Fiennes) who, after 20 years away, washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognisable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom.

His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king and planning the death of Telemachus, the son he never knew. Shattered by his experience of war, Odysseus must rediscover his strength in order to win back all that he has lost.

An unmissable, visceral cinematic adaptation of the latter passages of Homer’s The Odyssey from acclaimed filmmaker Uberto Passolini (Nowhere Special, Still Life), The Return reunites The English Patient co-stars Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche for a fabled tale of familial revenge.

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Wed 9 Apr