Italian director Uberto Pasolini has wanted to bring Homer’s The Odyssey to the screen for decades. He finally achieved his dream, and the result is The Return, which stars Ralph Fiennes as the titular king trying to find his way home and Juliette Binoche, who plays his wife, Penelope.
We got a trailer today giving us a hint of both of those actors’ performances, which are unsurprisingly fantastic.
“Working with Juliette and Ralph, most of the time you say action and you just watch and watch and watch because it is extraordinary,” Pasolini said at a press conference (per Variety) for the film. “They give you something more complex than you could ever have dreamed of. When you’re making a film, you live for these moments. It reminds you of what Bergman said, that the most beautiful thing to look at is the face. When these two faces communicate like they do in this film, it’s a blessing.”
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