The Return
“Some legends are more than myths.”
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.
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Cast
45 people
Ralph Fiennes
Odysseus
Known for
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Schindler's List
Juliette Binoche
Penelope
Known for
Godzilla
Chocolat
Charlie Plummer
Telemachus
Known for
Looking for Alaska
Moonfall
Marwan Kenzari
Antinous
Known for
Aladdin
What Happened to Monday
Claudio Santamaria
Eumeas
Known for
They Call Me Jeeg
Freaks Out
Ángela Molina
Eurycleia
Known for
The Barrier
Live Flesh
Nikitas Tsakiroglou
Laertes
Also in
Saint Paisios: From Farasa to Heaven
The Colors of Iris
Tom Rhys Harries
Pisander
Known for
Clayface
White Lines
Jamie Andrew Cutler
Eurymachus
Known for
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Treadstone
Moe Bar-El
Elatus
Known for
The Peripheral
Alien: Earth
Amir Wilson
Philetus
Known for
His Dark Materials
The Letter for the King
Jaz Hutchins
Hippotas
Known for
Canary Black
Stopmotion
Uberto Pasolini Director · Edward Bond Writer John Collee Writer
Worldwide gross $3.3M · Budget $20M · United States release December 6, 2024
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$3,300,444
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Picomedia
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
Redwave Films
Production
Heretic
Production
Kabo Films
Production
Marvelous Productions
Production
Ithaca Films
Production
Greek Film Centre
Production
ERT
Production
UK Global Screen Fund
Production
MiC
Production
CNC
Production
Ithaca Pictures
Production
KaBo
Production
Greece · Italy · United Kingdom · France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 7, 2024
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · December 6, 2024
Theatrical
United States · December 27, 2024
Digital
United States
October 17, 2024 · Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
Argentina
November 25, 2024 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Australia
November 8, 2024 · Premiere · British Film Festival
March 20, 2025 · Theatrical
October 17, 2025 · Premiere · Greek Film Festival
Brazil
September 4, 2025 · Theatrical
Colombia
March 19, 2026 · Theatrical
France
June 18, 2025 · Theatrical
October 22, 2025 · Physical · DVD
Germany
November 9, 2024 · Premiere · International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
November 27, 2025 · Theatrical
Greece
November 2, 2024 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
November 28, 2024 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 20, 2025 · Premiere · Dublin International Film Festival
Italy
October 19, 2024 · Premiere · Festa del Cinema di Roma
January 30, 2025 · Theatrical
Lithuania
January 10, 2025 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 28, 2025 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 27, 2025 · Theatrical
New Zealand
October 24, 2024 · Premiere · British and Irish Film Festival
Portugal
April 10, 2025 · Theatrical
Puerto Rico
December 12, 2024 · Limited theatrical · Fine Arts
Qatar
December 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Russia
December 5, 2024 · Theatrical
Singapore
December 19, 2024 · Limited theatrical
Spain
August 22, 2025 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 10, 2024 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 11, 2025 · Theatrical
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