European Arthouse Cinema Day: PREVIEW Rückkehr nach Ithaka

In the organizer's words:

Preview of the European Arthouse Cinema Day

• GB/IT/FR/GR 2024
• 116 min
• Director: Uberto Pasolini
• FSK: not specified
• Original version with German subtitles (OmU)

Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer

After 20 years of wandering, Odysseus is stranded on the shores of Ithaca, emaciated and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he went to war against Troy. His beloved wife Penelope is now a prisoner in her own home, beset by the demands of her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband and king. Her son Telemachus, who has grown up without a father, faces death at the hands of suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope and the kingdom.

Odysseus has also changed. Scarred by his experiences in war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. But he is forced to face his past and regain the strength he needs to save his family and win back the love he has lost.