Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche Reunite Nearly 30 Years After The English Patient in The Return Trailer

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche reunite in a sharp new take on the classic epic.

Appropriately titled Returnin cinemas from December 6, the new film stars a retelling of Homer Odyssey. Fiennes, 61, and Binoche, 60, last appeared on screen together in 1996’s Best Picture Oscar winner. English patient.

As its recently released trailer reveals, Return it centers on the king of Ithaca, Odysseus (Fiennes), who completes his journey home to his wife Penelope (Binoche) after winning the Trojan War.

But his return home, it seems, is not triumphant. The would-be hero can be heard asking someone, “What will people say when they see I’m back alone? That I led all their people to their deaths?”

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Italian director Uberto Pasolini is directing and writing the script, and the new film stars Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria and Ángela Molina. When the “brainwashed and unrecognizable” Odysseus “washes up on the shores of Ithaca,” reads the official synopsis from distributor Bleecker Street, Penelope is “now a prisoner in her own home, pursued by many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband. ”

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Plummer, 25, plays Prince Telemachus, who is threatened by his mother’s suitors. Odysseus is “forced to confront his past to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he lost,” the synopsis concludes.

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The trailer showcases several examples of this power, with a scantily clad Fiennes wielding all manner of weapons for great gore. After Penelope promises her hand to a suitor who can shoot an arrow through a row of axes, he can be seen taking a bow to take aim.

Return had its world premiere on September 7 at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where Binoche said The Hollywood Reporter that it was “joyful” to meet Fiennes on screen again after English patient and in 1992 Hurricane Heights adaptation, Harry Potter the star’s feature film debut. “We remained friends all those years,” said the French actress, who won an Oscar for supporting actress in 1997. English patient performance.

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Fiennes told the newspaper that “it was, as you Americans say, nonsense” to play Binoche’s husband on screen. “Juliette is like a compass for me: she has such incredible, intuitive depth and understanding of what it means to act on film.”

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Of Returnsaid the 67-year-old Pasolini Diversity 2022, “I feel extremely fortunate to bring Homer’s world to life through the great talent of Juliette and Ralph, whose powerful screen presence is matched by the fearlessness they bring to their work.”

Return it’s in theaters on December 6.

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