THE RETURN Trailer (2024) Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes

THE RETURN Trailer (2024) Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes

THE RETURN Trailer (2024) Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Charlie Plummer
© 2024 - Bleecker Street

"If I were free, I'd fight for what was mine. I'd fight for my people." Bleecker Street FIlms has revealed an official trailer for The Return, a brand new take on the The Odyssey story from Italian filmmaker Uberto Pasolini. This film skipped Venice and ended up premiering at the Toronto & Chicago Film Festivals this fall, with a US release now set for December in theaters. Based on the classic story written by Homer. After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To win back his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength and fight back. The film reunites actors Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche 30 years after their Academy Award winning triumph in The English Patient. The cast also includes Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria, and Angela Molina. This looks damn good! Playing the story of Odysseus more as a tale of revenge, once he returns home and has to reclaim his own home against those who tried to take it from him. I stand with Odysseus! Go kick some ass Ralph Fiennes! Bring on The Return.

Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Uberto Pasolini's film The Return, direct from YouTube:

The Return Film

The Return Poster

After 20 years away, Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard & unrecognizable. The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His wife Penelope (Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, hounded by suitors vying to be king. Their son Telemachus faces death at the hands of these suitors, who see him as merely an obstacle to their pursuit of the kingdom. Odysseus has also changed—scarred by his experience of the war, he is no longer the mighty warrior from years past— but he must rediscover his strength in order to win back all he has lost. The Return is directed by Italian filmmaker Uberto Pasolini, director of the films Machan, Still Life, and Nowhere Special previously. The screenplay is written by Edward Bond, John Collee, and Uberto Pasolini. Adapted from the classic novel written by Homer. Produced by Uberto Pasolini, James Clayton, Roberto Sessa, Konstantinos Kontovrakis, & Paolo Del Brocco. This initially premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival. Bleecker Street will debut Pasolini's The Return in select US theaters starting December 6th, 2024 coming up. Who's in?
The Return

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Uberto Pasolini
Screenplay by
John Collee
Edward Bond
Uberto Pasolini
Based on The Odyssey
by Homer
Produced by
Uberto Pasolini
Roberto Sesso
Giorgos Karnavas
Konstantinos Kontovravkis
Stéphane Moatti
Romain Le Grand
Vivien Aslanian
Marco Pacchioni
Starring
Ralph Fiennes
Juliette Binoche
Charlie Plummer
Cinematography Marius Panduru
Edited by David Charap
Music by Rachel Portman
Production
companies
Bleecker Street
Red Wave Films
HanWay Films
Heretic
Picomedia
Rai Cinema
Kabo Films
Marvelous Production
Distributed by 01 Distribution (Italy)
Release date
September 7, 2024 (TIFF)
Running time 116 minutes
Countries
Italy
United Kingdom
Language English
Box office $585,935[1][2]

The Return is a 2024 drama film directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche. The film is a retelling of Homer's Odyssey as adapted by Edward Bond, John Collee, and Pasolini.

It premiered in the Gala section at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2024, and was theatrically released on December 6, 2024, in the United States by Bleecker Street.

Plot
Following introductory on-screen words about himself and the Trojan War, Odysseus washes up naked on the shores of his home island Ithaca after twenty years fighting in and returning from the War. Scarred mentally and physically by his experiences, he is unrecognizable from the mighty warrior-king that left decades before. His wife Penelope is now a prisoner in her own palace, hounded by many suitors to choose a new husband that would take the throne. Odysseus and Penelope's son Telemachus is facing death at the hands of those who see him as a threat to their ambitions. Odysseus is forced to face his past in order to save his family and win back that which he has lost.[3]

Penelope weaves her elderly father-in-law's burial shroud on her loom, he being close to death. She tells her crude, greedy suitors she will not choose one of them until the shroud is woven. However, every night she partially unweaves the shroud. Penelope often catches her maids having sex with the suitors.

The suitors harass Telemachus, who never knew his father. Two suitors find a man in the sea, but say no more suitors are needed, so throw him back. Back on land, the same suitors go hunting a girl; finding her absent from her boyfriend's tent, they rape and kill him. Chief suitor, well-dressed Antinous, presses Penelope to marry, but she refuses.

Swineherd Eumaeus discovers Odysseus ashore and brings him home. Dispirited Odysseus relates the horrors of the War, which linger with him constantly.

Odysseus' father dies; the suitors press Penelope to marry, insisting Odysseus is dead too. She says she will make the shroud her wedding gown, but says she will choose a suitor soon, privately wondering how long she will survive that.

Eumaeus takes Odysseus to the palace; Odysseus' dog recognizes him. He calls himself an old War soldier and begs for food; most suitors abuse him. They force him to fight a huge man, but Odysseus kills him. Penelope speaks to Odysseus, but ends up sending him off. However, Odysseus' old nursemaid, Eurycleia, discovers his identity while bathing him, feeling a scar behind his leg. He bids her be silent.

Telemachus, who sailed to another port and faced danger even there, returns, to mortal threat; the suitors hunt him with dogs. Odysseus runs into him as two suitors approach, but Telemachus will not stop talking, so Odysseus knocks him out, then kills the two suitors. Odysseus, Telemachus, Eumaeus, and friends flee behind a water-pool, which throws the hounds off their scent. Telemachus is not happy to discover Odysseus is his father, who did not return for decades despite the worsening economic and political situation on Ithaca, and Odysseus' failure to bring Ithacan warriors home, but resigns himself to it.

Antinous discovers Penelope unraveling her weaving, and forces a decision. Odysseus' crew hears Penelope will be deciding the next day. They go to the palace.

Penelope tells the suitors her choice is to make them compete with Odysseus' old bow, seeing if they can shoot an arrow through multiple axe-heads' holes as he did. None of them can even string it. Odysseus offers to try, and strings it and shoots the arrow through the axe-heads. He then shoots the suitors, who panic. Loyal servants close the doors to prevent escape.

When his arrows run out, he remorselessly kills the suitors in hand-to-hand combat. Telemachus is tempted to flee, but helps his father fight. Antinous surrenders, and Penelope, desirous of peace and tired of male violence, bids Telemachus let him live, but he kills him, horrifying his mother.

Telemachus insists on sailing away to find himself and his destiny. Odysseus sees Penelope uses an unfamiliar bed; he ascends to a hidden room, and finds their old bed, which she had sealed away after he left for the War. Penelope tells Odysseus that she has much to tell him; Odysseus replies he will do the same. She says they have much to forget, in order to move on; they conclude that they first must remember what happened, then they can forget. An image of Odysseus' blood washed away in a basin, is followed by an image of Telemachus' ship asail on the sea.

Cast
Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus
Juliette Binoche as Penelope
Charlie Plummer as Telemachus
Tom Rhys Harries as Pisander
Marwan Kenzari as Antinous
Claudio Santamaria as Eumaeus
Ayman Al Aboud as Indius
Amir Wilson as Philoetius
Francesco Bianchi as Amphimedon
Nicolas Retrivi as Elenus
Bruno Cassandra as Promachus
Cosimo Desii as Eurydamus
Ángela Molina as Eurycleia[4]
Stefano Santomauro as Thoas
Production
Development
The project was announced in April 2022. The script for the film was written by John Collee and Edward Bond. The film's director, Uberto Pasolini, and James Clayton produced the film. HanWay Films began handling international sales and took the project to the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[5] In February 2023 Bleecker Street were announced to have picked up North American rights and have Andrew Karpen and Kent Sanderson executive producing on the project. Roberto Sessa for Picomedia with Rai Cinema, Giorgos Karnavas and Konstantinos Kontovravkis for Heretic and Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Vivien Aslanian and Marco Pacchioni for Kabo Films and Marvelous Production were also revealed as producers on the Italy-U.S.-Greece-U.K.-France co-production.[6]

Casting
The film marks the third time Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche have appeared together following the 1996 Oscar winner The English Patient and 1992's Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.[7] In February 2023, Charlie Plummer and Marwan Kenzari were added to the cast.[8][9]

Filming
The film began production in Greece in the spring of 2023, with principal photography in the regions of Corfu and the Peloponnese, before continuing on to locations in Italy.[10] Filming had wrapped in Corfu by June 2023.[11]

Release
In July 2024, The Return was announced as part of the Gala section at the Toronto International Film Festival scheduled for September 2024.[12] The film was theatrically released on December 6, 2024, in the United States by Bleecker Street.[13]

Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 72% of 36 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "The Return removes the mythology from Odysseus' homecoming along with some of the fun, but Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche's terrific performances keep this drama absorbing."[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 68 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[15]

References
"The Return (2024)". Nash Information Services. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
"The Return (2024)". Nash Information Services. The Numbers. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
Ravindran, Manori (April 28, 2023). "'English Patient' Stars Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes Will Reunite in 'The Return,' a Gritty Take on 'The Odyssey'". Variety. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Scheck, Frank (September 11, 2024). "'The Return' Review: Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche Shine in an 'Odyssey' Adaptation That Burns Too Slowly". The Hollywood Reporter.
Goldbart, Max (April 28, 2022). "'The English Patient' Stars Ralph Fiennes & Juliette Binoche Reunite For Uberto Pasolini's 'The Return'; HanWay To Launch Sales In Cannes". Deadline. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Echebiri, Makouchi (February 16, 2023). "Ralph Fiennes to Star as Odysseus in 'The Odyssey'-Inspired Epic 'The Return'". Collider. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Remley, Hilary (April 28, 2022). "Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche Join Uberto Pasolini's 'The Return'". Collider. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Lodderhose, Diana (February 15, 2023). "Bleecker Street Acquires Ralph Fiennes-Juliette Binoche Starrer 'The Return' For North America". Deadline. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
Wiseman, Andreas (February 17, 2023). "' The Old Guard' Star Marwan Kenzari Joins Ralph Fiennes & Juliette Binoche In 'The Return'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
Roxborough, Scott (February 15, 2023). "Bleecker Street Takes North American Rights to 'The Return' Starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche". Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
"THE RETURN: Filming of series about Odysseus wraps up in Corfu". Greek City Times. June 1, 2023. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
D'alessandro, Anthony (July 22, 2024). "TIFF Galas & Special Presentations Lineup Includes World Premieres from Angelina Jolie, Mike Leigh, Gia Coppola; Starry Pics with Jennifer Lopez, Lily James, Dave Bautista; Int'l Premieres 'Conclave' & 'Piece by Piece', More". Deadline.
D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 18, 2024). "Ralph Fiennes & Juliette Binoche Reteam 'The Return' Sets December Theatrical Release Via Bleecker Street". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
"The Return". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved December 6, 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
"The Return". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
External links
The Return at IMDb
vte
Films directed by Uberto Pasolini
vte
Homer's Odyssey
Categories: 2024 filmsFilms shot in GreeceFilms based on the OdysseyFilms directed by Uberto PasoliniBleecker Street filmsHanWay Films filmsRai Cinema filmsPicomedia filmsItalian epic filmsBritish epic films2020s Italian films2020s British films2020s English-language films
Ralph Fiennes
Fiennes in a suit, standing on the red carpet
Fiennes in 2018
Born Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
22 December 1962 (age 61)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Serbia (honorary; since 2017)
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
Actorproducerdirector
Years active 1985–present
Notable work Full list
Spouse Alex Kingston
​
​(m. 1993; div. 1997)​
Partner Francesca Annis (1995–2006)
Parents
Mark Fiennes (father)
Jennifer Lash (mother)
Relatives
Joseph Fiennes (brother)
Magnus Fiennes (brother)
Martha Fiennes (sister)
Sophie Fiennes (sister)
Hero Fiennes Tiffin (nephew)
Sir Ranulph Fiennes (third cousin, once removed)
Awards Full list
Fiennes's voice
Duration: 39 seconds.0:39
from the BBC programme Front Row, 20 November 2011.[1]
Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes[a] (/reɪf ˈfaɪnz/;[2] born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. He graduated from RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in 1985. A Shakespeare interpreter, Fiennes excelled onstage at the Royal National Theatre before having further success at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Widely regarded as one of Britain's most well-known and popular actors, he has received various accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Tony Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and an Emmy Award.

Fiennes made his film debut playing Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1992). His portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's drama Schindler's List (1993) earned him a nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won him the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in The English Patient (1996) earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Fiennes has appeared in several other films including Quiz Show (1994), The End of the Affair (1999), Maid in Manhattan (2002), The Constant Gardener (2005), In Bruges (2008), The Reader (2008), The Hurt Locker (2009), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), A Bigger Splash (2015), Hail, Caesar! (2016), The King's Man (2021), The Menu (2022), and Conclave (2024). He also voiced roles for the animated films The Prince of Egypt (1998), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Kubo and the Two Strings (2016), and The Lego Batman Movie (2017). Fiennes played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film series (2005–2011) and Gareth Mallory / M in the James Bond films Skyfall (2012), Spectre (2015), and No Time to Die (2021).

In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy Coriolanus, in which he also played the titular character.[3] He followed this with The Invisible Woman (2013), where he portrayed Charles Dickens. In 1995, he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for playing Prince Hamlet in the Broadway revival of Hamlet.

Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. Fiennes is also an Honorary Associate of London Film School.[4] For his work in front of the camera, in 2019 he received the Stanislavsky Award.[5]

Early life
Further information: Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family and Baron Saye and Sele
Fiennes was born in Ipswich, England, on 22 December 1962.[6] He is the eldest child of Mark Fiennes (1933–2004), a farmer and photographer, and Jennifer Lash (1938–1993), a writer.[7] He is the grandson of Maurice Fiennes, great-grandson of Alberic Arthur Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, and great-great-grandson of Frederick Benjamin Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, 16th Baron Saye and Sele.[8] His surname is of Norman origin.[9]

He is the eldest of six children. His siblings are actor Joseph Fiennes; director Martha Fiennes (he played the title role in her film Onegin); composer Magnus Fiennes; filmmaker Sophie Fiennes; and conservationist Jacob Fiennes. His foster brother, Michael Emery, is an archaeologist. His nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, played Tom Riddle, young Lord Voldemort, in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.[10]

The Fiennes family moved to Ireland in 1973, living in County Cork and County Kilkenny for some years. Fiennes was educated at St Kieran's College for one year, followed by Newtown School, a Quaker independent school in County Waterford. They moved to Salisbury in England, where Fiennes finished his schooling at Bishop Wordsworth's School. He studied painting at Chelsea College of Arts before deciding that acting was his true passion.[citation needed]

Career
Early work
Fiennes trained at RADA (the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art) in London between 1983 and 1985.[11] He began his career at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, and also at the National Theatre. He achieved prominence at the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).[9]

Fiennes first worked on screen in 1990 when he starred as T. E. Lawrence in the British television film A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia. He made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche.[12][13]

1990s

Fiennes handprints from 1996 at Leicester Square, London
1993 was his "breakout year". He had a major role in Peter Greenaway's film The Baby of Mâcon with Julia Ormond, which provoked controversy and was poorly received.

Later that year, he became known internationally for portraying the brutal Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List.[14] For his performance in the film, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9] His portrayal of Göth also saw him listed at number 15 on the AFI's list of the top 50 film villains. Fiennes gained weight to portray Göth, but shed it afterwards.[2] Fiennes later stated that playing the role had a profoundly disturbing effect on him.[15]

In 1994, Fiennes portrayed the American academic Charles Van Doren in Quiz Show. In 1996, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the epic World War II romantic drama The English Patient, in which he starred with Kristin Scott-Thomas.[9] Fiennes's film work has encompassed a variety of genres, including thrillers (Spider, Strange Days), an animated Biblical epic (The Prince of Egypt), camp nostalgia (The Avengers), romantic comedy (Maid in Manhattan), and historical drama (Sunshine).

In 1999, Fiennes had the title role in Onegin, a film which he also helped produce. His sister Martha Fiennes directed, and brother Magnus composed the score. Fiennes portrayed Francis Dolarhyde in the 2002 film, Red Dragon, a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. Fiennes's performance as a sympathetic serial killer with a romantic relationship with a blind girl, played by Emily Watson, was praised. Film critic David Sterritt wrote, "Ralph Fiennes is scarily good as [Hannibal Lecter's] fellow lunatic."[16]

2000s

Fiennes gives autographs to fans in Kyrgyzstan, in 2003, during his visit as a UNICEF UK ambassador
Fiennes voiced Jesus in The Miracle Maker (2000), a stop-motion animated film depicting the life of Jesus.[17][18]

In 2005, Fiennes starred in Fernando Meirelles's The Constant Gardener, acting alongside Rachel Weisz.[9] The film is set in Kenya. It was filmed in part with residents from the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani. The film received critical acclaim in particular for Fiennes and Weisz's performances. He received a British Academy Film Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. The situation affected the cast and crew to such an extent that they set up the Constant Gardener Trust to provide basic education for children of these villages. Fiennes is a patron of the charity.[19]

Fiennes is also a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres.[20] That same year, Fiennes voiced Lord Victor Quartermaine in the 2005 stop-motion animated comedy Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. The role saw him play a cruel upper class bounder who courts Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter) and despises Wallace & Gromit.[21][22]

Fiennes in New York City, 2006
Fiennes gained worldwide prominence for his portrayal as Lord Voldemort, the antagonist in the Harry Potter franchise. His first appearance was in the 2005 fantasy film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He returned to the role for three other films in the series: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Part 2 (2011). In an interview with Empire magazine, Fiennes said his portrayal of Voldemort was an "instinctive, visceral, physical thing".[23]

In 2006, Fiennes returned to the stage in Faith Healer alongside Ian McDiarmid. The revival premiered at the Gate Theatre in Dublin before transferring to the Broadway stage at the Booth Theatre. For his performances, Fiennes received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play. In 2008, he worked with frequent collaborator director Jonathan Kent, playing the title role in Oedipus the King by Sophocles, at the National Theatre in London.

In 2008, he played the Duke of Devonshire in the film The Duchess opposite Keira Knightley; he also played the protagonist in The Reader, adapted from the novel of the same name alongside Kate Winslet. That same year he also appeared in Martin McDonagh's black comedy crime thriller In Bruges starring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson. In February 2009, Fiennes was the special guest of the Belgrade's Film Festival FEST. He filmed his version of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (in his directorial debut) in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Fiennes reunited with Kathryn Bigelow for her Iraq War film The Hurt Locker, released in 2009, appearing as an English Private Military Contractor. They had previously worked together on Strange Days (1995).

2010s

Fiennes with Eddie and Gloria Minghella at the 2011 Minghella Film Festival in England
In April 2010, he played Hades in Clash of the Titans, a remake of the 1981 film of the same name. In 2012, he starred in the twenty-third James Bond film, Skyfall, directed by Sam Mendes. He replaced Dame Judi Dench as M in subsequent Bond films.[24] In 2013, Fiennes was both the director and the leading actor (in the role of Charles Dickens) in the well-received film The Invisible Woman.[25]

Fiennes at the London Film Festival, October 2013
Though he is not commonly noted as a comic actor, in 2014, Fiennes made an impression with his farcical turn as concierge Monsieur Gustave in Wes Anderson's comedy-drama The Grand Budapest Hotel. Fiennes used his time as a young porter at London's Brown's Hotel to help construct the character.[26] A film critic stated, "In the end it's Fiennes who makes the biggest impression. His stylised, rapid-fire delivery, dry wit and cheerful profanity keep the film bubbling along."[27] For his performance, Fiennes was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Film magazine Empire ranked Fiennes's portrayal of Gustave as the 17th Greatest Movie Character of All Time.[26]

In 2015, Fiennes starred in Luca Guadagnino's thriller A Bigger Splash alongside Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton. In 2016, Fiennes appeared in the Coen brothers ensemble comedy film Hail, Caesar! which is set in 1950s Hollywood. Fiennes plays the fictional Laurence Laurentz, an acclaimed European film director in the movie. That same year, he lent his voice in the stop-motion animated film Kubo and the Two Strings where he played Raiden the Moon King, Kubo's grandfather.[28] In 2017, he voiced the British butler Alfred Pennyworth in The Lego Batman Movie and reprised the role in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019).[29] In 2018, he directed and starred in The White Crow, a biographical drama film about the Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev.[30] Fiennes speaks some Russian, which enabled him to play Alexander Pushkin in the film.[31] He received the Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the Tokyo International Film Festival for directing the film The White Crow. In 2019, Fiennes played the MI6 agent Norman Darbyshire in Taghi Amirani's feature documentary Coup 53. Darbyshire, who died in 1993, was the co-author of 1953's Operation Ajax, a joint MI6-CIA military coup that overthrew democracy in Iran.[32][33]

2020s
Ralph Fiennes on the Mill Valley Film Festival red carpet
Fiennes at the 2024 47th Mill Valley Film Festival
In 2020, Fiennes voiced a tiger in the family fantasy adventure film Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr. In the same year, he appeared in the monologue play Beat the Devil by David Hare at the Bridge Theatre in London,[34] and then in the 2021 film version of the play.[35] Also in 2021, he starred in the British drama film The Dig playing the Suffolk archaeologist Basil Brown alongside Carey Mulligan and Lily James. The film received positive reviews with critics praising his performance. The Guardian critic Mark Kermode described Fiennes' portrayal as having an "admirable eloquence".[36] Later in 2021, Fiennes starred in Matthew Vaughn's period spy film The King's Man and Cary Joji Fukunaga's James Bond film No Time to Die.[37]

In 2021, Fiennes returned to the stage in David Hare's latest play Straight Line Crazy at the Bridge Theatre in London. In the play, Fiennes portrays New York's legendary urban planner Robert Moses. His performance has received rave reviews with Variety declaring, "Fiennes is all boldly convincing, controlled threat, his monomania teetering on the edge of malevolence".[38] In The Guardian's five star rave review, critic Mark Lawson described Fiennes' performance as "enthralling" and an "acting triumph".[39] It was announced that the production would make its New York stage debut, Off-Broadway at The Shed running from October to December in 2022.[40]

In 2022, Fiennes starred as chef Julian Slowik in the Mark Mylod-directed comedy horror The Menu.[41][42][43] For his performance he received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Also in 2022 Fiennes collaborated with his sister, the filmmaker Sophie Fiennes, translating to the screen his production and performance of T. S. Eliot's poem, Four Quartets. The original on-stage performance was described as "a magnificent theatrical experience"[44] and "a poignant one-man show about a world under threat."[45] In Sophie Fiennes' film "the lens and the screen bring a new, even more intimate, perspective".[46]

In 2023, Fiennes reunited with the director Wes Anderson in the short film The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (2023), an adaptation of a short story by Roald Dahl (with Fiennes playing Dahl / The Policeman), and appeared alongside Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley.[47] Fiennes starred on stage as Macbeth in late 2023 as part of Simon Godwin's touring production in the UK. The play, which also starred Indira Varma as Lady Macbeth, was a success, beginning at Liverpool's The Depot in November, before moving on to Edinburgh, London, and Washington, DC.[48]

Personal life
Fiennes met English actress Alex Kingston while they were both students at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After dating for ten years, they married in 1993 and divorced in 1997 following his affair with Francesca Annis.[49] Annis and Fiennes announced their separation on 7 February 2006, after 11 years together,[50][51] in a parting described as "acrimonious", following rumours that he had an affair with the Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan.[50]

In 2007, Fiennes was embroiled in scandal after having sex with a Qantas flight attendant on a flight from Darwin to Mumbai. After initial denials, it was established that they had sex in the plane's lavatory, and the flight attendant's employment was terminated by Qantas.[52] The incident was referenced in the Australian sketch TV show Comedy Inc.[53]

On 7 September 2017, Fiennes was granted Serbian citizenship, signed by Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić.[54]

Advocacy and political views
Fiennes is a UNICEF UK ambassador and has undertaken work in India, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, and Romania.[55] Fiennes is also a member of the Canadian charity Artists Against Racism.[56]

Fiennes opposed the UK leaving the European Union (Brexit). Following the EU membership referendum in 2016, Fiennes stated, "I'm strongly a remainer. I think that our connection with Europe, faulty as it may be in its current state...it seems to me that the point of the EU was to take down barriers of interactive trade, culture, talk dynamic between cultures, nations."[57]

In a March 2021 interview with The Daily Telegraph, Fiennes offered empathy for J. K. Rowling following a backlash against her comments on transgender people, arguing "I can't understand the vitriol directed at her. I can understand the heat of an argument, but I find this age of accusation and the need to condemn irrational. I find the level of hatred that people express about views that differ from theirs, and the violence of language towards others, disturbing."[58]

Acting credits and accolades
Main articles: Ralph Fiennes on screen and stage and List of awards and nominations received by Ralph Fiennes
See also
List of British actors
List of British Academy Award nominees and winners
List of actors with Academy Award nominations
List of actors with three or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories
Notes
This person has the barrelled surname Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes, but is known by the surname Fiennes.
References
"Ralph Fiennes". Front Row. 20 November 2011. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
Cagle, Jess (4 March 1994). "It's Pronounced 'Rafe Fines'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
"Coriolanus, review". The Telegraph. 21 January 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
"Richard Linklater, Ralph Fiennes, Kate Kinninmont Become Honorary Associates At Lfs Annual Show". London Film School. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
"Screening of Ralph Fiennes' film The White Crow at Moscow International Film Festival". Getty Images. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
"Ralph Fiennes". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
"It's Raiph actually". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 April 2008
Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
James Lipton interview with Ralph Fiennes, on Inside the Actors Studio
Coggan, Devan (14 November 2016). "Eddie Redmayne Auditioned to Play Tom Riddle in 'Harry Potter'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
Jones, Cambridge (2005). Off stage : 100 portraits celebrating the RADA centenary. Dewi Lewis Media. ISBN 9780954684327. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via Internet Archive.
"Ralph Fiennes". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
Zad, Martie. "Binoche, Fiennes Joined in 'Wuthering Heights'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
"Voices on Antisemitism | Transcript". Ushmm.org. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 24 December 2011.
"Desert Island Discs – Castaway: Ralph Fiennes". BBC. 31 October 1999. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
Sterritt, David (4 October 2002). "The doctor is in: Hannibal returns in 'Lambs' prequel". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
Watts, Murray (2000). The Miracle Maker. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-73563-3. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
"Miracle Maker comes to big screen". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 31 March 2000. Retrieved 18 April 2024. A joint Welsh and Russian-made animated film on the life of Jesus starring Ralph Fiennes.
"Constant Gardener Trust – Patrons". UNICEF. Archived from the original on 16 March 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
"Shakespeare Schools Foundation Patrons". Shakespeare Schools Foundation. Shakespeare Schools Foundation. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
DeMott, Rick (5 December 2005). "Wallace & Gromit Leads Annie Nominations". Animation World Network. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
Brown, Maressa (5 February 2008). "'Wallace & Gromit' grabs 10 Annie Awards". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
"Ralph Fiennes didn't receive Voldemort tips from J.K Rowling". Data Thistle. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
"Skyfall, James Bond, review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 29 October 2012
Shoard, Catherine (10 August 2011). "Ralph Fiennes to direct story of Charles Dickens affair". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
"The 100 Greatest Movie Characters/ 17. / Empire /". Empire. Bauer Consumer Media. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
Noveck, Jocelyn (5 March 2014). "Review: Fiennes shows comic chops in Anderson film". Boston.com. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
"First still of "A Bigger Splash": Matthias Schoenaerts, Tilda Swinton, Dakota Johnson and Ralph Fiennes". imgur.com. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
McNary, Dave (3 November 2015). "'Lego Batman' Casts Ralph Fiennes as Alfred". Variety. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
"Shooting Wraps On Ralph Fiennes' The White Crow – Filmoria". www.filmoria.co.uk. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
Singh, Anita (13 March 2019). "Ralph Fiennes: the era of English-speaking actors doing foreign accents is over". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019.
Hornaday, Ann (18 August 2020). "Documentary illuminates the secret history of the 1953 Iranian coup". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
Hunter, Allan (10 October 2019). "Coup 53: London Review". Screen Daily.
Akbar, Arifa (30 August 2020). "Beat the Devil review – righteous rage of David Hare's corona nightmare". The Guardian.
Einav, Dan (3 November 2021). "Ralph Fiennes gives voice to David Hare's Covid rage in Beat the Devil". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
"The Dig review – a quiet meeting of minds at Sutton Hoo". The Guardian. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
Nicholson, Tom (7 December 2018). "Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes and the Gang Will Return for Bond 25". Esquire. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
"'Straight Line Crazy' Review: Ralph Fiennes Plays Robert Moses in David Hare's Talky New Play". Variety. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
"Straight Line Crazy review – Ralph Fiennes enthrals as the man who shaped New York". The Guardian. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
"Ralph Fiennes Returning to New York Stage as Robert Moses in 'Straight Line Crazy'". Variety. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
Romanchick, Shane (7 November 2022). "'The Menu's New Featurette Previews the Horrors of Ralph Fiennes' Mad Chef". Collider. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
Lee, Benjamin (11 September 2022). "The Menu review – darkly comic foodie thriller is tasty but undercooked". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
White, Abbey (24 November 2022). "How 'The Menu' Explores Ego and Exploitation in Fine Dining". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
Brennan, Clare (6 June 2021). "Four Quartets review – Ralph Fiennes meets TS Eliot in a triumphant return". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
"Four Quartets, starring Ralph Fiennes". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
Einav, Dan (15 October 2022). "Pick of the week". Financial Times. p. 18. ProQuest 2735685428.
"Wes Anderson to Direct Roald Dahl's 'Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' for Netflix with Benedict Cumberbatch". IndieWire. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
"Macbeth review – Ralph Fiennes' monstrous monarch wages war in a warehouse". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
Ellen, Barbara (7 July 2002). "Intensive care". The Observer. UK. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
"Francesca Annis interview". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
Hoggard, Liz (12 February 2006). "Francesca Annis: Pretty woman – Profiles – People – The Independent". www.independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
Hudson, By Fiona (17 February 2007). "Ralph Fiennes: I was the victim". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 April 2017.
Airliner | Comedy Inc, 30 May 2019, retrieved 18 May 2022
Rudić, Filip (11 September 2017). "Actor Ralph Fiennes Receives Serbian Citizenship". Balkan Insight. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
"Ralph Fiennes, UNICEF UK Ambassador". UNICEF. Archived from the original on 14 February 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2008.
"Artists Against Racism: Artists". artistsagainstracism.org
"Two Women: Ralph Fiennes interview on Brexit, adapting play and learning Russian". YouTube. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
Hibberd, James (17 March 2021). "Ralph Fiennes defends J.K. rowling amid trans controversy, says backlash is 'disturbing'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ralph Fiennes.
Ralph Fiennes at IMDb
Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Ralph Fiennes from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
BAFTA Interview with Ralph Fiennes recorded at Latitude Festival 2011
Ralph Fiennes | Film | The Guardian
Ralph Fiennes | Financial Times
Ralph Fiennes at the British Film Institute
vte
Films directed by Ralph Fiennes
Awards for Ralph Fiennes
Authority control databases Edit this at Wikidata
Categories: 20th-century English male actors21st-century English male actors1962 birthsAlumni of Chelsea College of ArtsAlumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic ArtAudiobook narratorsBest Supporting Actor BAFTA Award winnersDrama Desk Award winnersEnglish-language film directorsEnglish emigrants to SerbiaEnglish film directorsEnglish male film actorsEnglish male Shakespearean actorsEnglish male stage actorsEnglish male television actorsEnglish male voice actorsEnglish people of Irish descentEnglish people of Norman descentEnglish people of Scottish descentEuropean Film Award for Best Actor winnersFiennes familyLiving peopleMale actors from IpswichNaturalized citizens of SerbiaPeople educated at Bishop Wordsworth's SchoolPeople educated at Newtown School, WaterfordPeople educated at St Kieran's College, KilkennyRoyal Shakespeare Company membersScandals in AustraliaSerbian people of French descentSerbian people of Irish descentSerbian people of Scottish descentShakespearean directorsTony Award winnersUNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche are reuniting for a gritty new take on a classic epic.

Fittingly titled The Return, in theaters Dec. 6, the stars’ new movie is a retelling of Homer’s Odyssey. Fiennes, 61, and Binoche, 60, last appeared onscreen together in 1996 Best Picture Oscar winner The English Patient.

As its newly released trailer reveals, The Return centers on Ithaca king Odysseus (Fiennes) completing his voyage back home to wife Penelope (Binoche) after winning the Trojan War.

But his homecoming, it seems, is not a triumphant one. The would-be hero can be heard asking someone, “What will the people say when they see I have returned alone? That I led all their men to their deaths?”

The Return, directed by Uberto Pasolini, with Ralph Fiennes
The Return. Courtesy Bleecker Street
Directed and co-written by Italian filmmaker Uberto Pasolini, the new film costars Charlie Plummer, Marwan Kenzari, Claudio Santamaria and Ángela Molina. When the “haggard and unrecognizable” Odysseus “washes up on the shores of Ithaca,” reads an official synopsis from distributor Bleecker Street, Penelope “is now a prisoner in her own home, hounded by her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband.”

Conclave Review: Ralph Fiennes Deserves Hosannas (and Maybe an Oscar) for This Vatican Thriller
Plummer, 25, plays Prince Telemachus, threatened by his mother’s suitors. Odysseus “is forced to face his past in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost,” concludes the synopsis.

Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

The trailer shows off several examples of that strength, with a scantily clad Fiennes wielding every manner of weapon to great blood-spurting effect. After Penelope promises her hand to the suitor who can shoot an arrow through a row of axes, he can be seen picking up a bow to take aim.

The Return had its world premiere on Sept. 7 at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where Binoche told The Hollywood Reporter that it was “joyful” to reunite onscreen with Fiennes after The English Patient and 1992’s Wuthering Heights adaptation, the Harry Potter star’s feature film debut. "We remained friends, throughout all those years,” said the French actress, who won the 1997 Supporting Actress Oscar for her English Patient performance.

The Return, directed by Uberto Pasolini, with Ralph Fiennes (Odysseus), Juliette Binoche (Penelope)
The Return. Courtesy Bleecker Street
Fiennes told the outlet that "it was, as you Americans say, a no-brainer" to play onscreen husband to Binoche. “Juliette is like a compass for me: She has such an extraordinary, intuitive depth and understanding about what it is to act on film.”

Juliette Binoche on Meeting 'Free Spirit' Shirley MacLaine: 'She Told Me All About Her Lovers' (Exclusive)
Of The Return, Pasolini, 67, told Variety in 2022, “I feel enormously fortunate to be able to bring Homer’s world alive through the great talent of Juliette and Ralph, whose powerful screen presence is matched by the fearlessness they bring to their work."

The Return is in theaters Dec. 6.
Returning to Greece with the historical drama “The Return” proved an emotional affair for Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes and director-producer Uberto Pasolini. “Meeting this dream, this need inside Uberto and his passion for the story… We were really moved,” said Binoche before bursting into tears alongside her co-star and director at the film’s press conference at the Thessaloniki Film Festival.

“It was moving because that is what you wish for as an actor,” continued Binoche with a quavering voice, while a visibly teary-eyed Pasolini sat alongside her. “We know how difficult it is [to get a film made]. When we had [Pasolini] go home with the hard drives he could work with and complete this wish, it felt like we were okay. We’re okay.”

Related Stories

VIP+
Generative AI, Celebrity Deepfakes & Digital Replicas: A Special Report
(L-R) Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana Kratter), Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (Robert Timothy Smith) in Lucasfilm’s STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW, exclusively on Disney+. Photo by Matt Kennedy. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’: How to Watch the New TV Series Online
“The Return,” based on Homer’s ancient Greek poem “Odyssey,” is a passion project 30 years in the making for the “Still Life” and “Nowhere Special” director, best known as the Oscar-nominated producer of “The Full Monty.” In the epic — which opens in the U.S. Dec. 6 via Bleecker Street — Fiennes plays Odysseus as he washes up on the shores of his home island of Ithaca after 20 years of fighting in the Trojan War. Binoche plays Penelope, Odysseus’ wife who spent two decades defending the family’s legacy and now finds herself a prisoner in her own home.

Popular on Variety
“Working with Juliette and Ralph, most of the time you say action and you just watch and watch and watch because it is extraordinary. They give you something more complex than you could ever have dreamed of,” Pasolini said. “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.”

Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes both received an honorary Golden Alexander award at a screening of “The English Patient” during the Thessaloniki Film Festival.
Courtesy of Thessaloniki Film Festival
The actors are also at the Thessaloniki Film Festival as the recipients of this year’s Golden Alexander award for their respective bodies of work, which includes two other collaborations in “The English Patient” and “Wuthering Heights.” Fiennes cried upon taking to the stage to receive the award alongside Binoche on Friday evening. “I’m very grateful and honored to be here alongside this wonderful woman,” he told the audience, adding, “She gives in a way I have not experienced with any other actor. As you can see, I’m full of emotion. I love her very much.”

Speaking at the press conference Saturday about their reunion 28 years after Anthony Minghella’s Oscar-winning “The English Patient,” Binoche called it “destiny.”

“Sharing the story [in ‘The Return’] with Ralph was very special because we’ve known each other for many years and are probably coming to an age where you see that it could be our last film,” she added, with Fiennes saying, “We’ve stayed very good friends throughout the years and felt this was the right thing. As [Juliette] said, it was destiny. It felt so right that we would come together in this tale of a man and woman coming back together.”

Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche at Thessaloniki’s Olympion theater on Friday.
Courtesy of Thessaloniki Film Festival
When asked how pertinent her portrayal of Penelope felt for contemporary women, Binoche called her character “a very modern woman even though she is an archetype.” “She is not the submissive wife, she has her own journey in a sort of desperation. The patience that that woman had to have for him to come back is huge, and if we can make a parallel with what is happening in the world right now, the feminine side of ourselves has to wish that this need to conquer will change, will transform. I can take the story of Ulysses as a story about the female and male sides of ourselves that need to reunite.”

“You can read the story on so many levels,” she continued. “This is why this film is modern even though it is a classic. Even more modern today than it was at the time.”

One audience member wove yet another parallel between the film and real life by mentioning how Penelope could stand for arthouse film and the many suitors who tried to shake her intent could be seen as those standing in the way of getting independent films made. To this, Fiennes said that “we get quite trapped in these labels of arthouse versus commercial. This seems to me like an old language and I hope the younger generation of filmmakers who are forging the cinema of tomorrow don’t fall into this binary trap.”

Juliette Binoche arrives at Thessaloniki’s Olympion theater on Friday.
Courtesy of Tony Theodorakis
He continued by saying he hopes up-and-coming filmmakers create “an infrastructure and a way of talking with audiences which stops this, so in a cinema, you can have what we might call arthouse films and commercial films playing alongside each other. I think it would be great to break this barrier.”

Pasolini returned to Fiennes’ comment later in the conversation when asked about the effect of streamers, saying we should look at storytelling as a “continuum” and that streamers are confirming that certain things “will attract fewer people, others will attract more.”

“Streamers are helping expose films that have not received theatrical distribution in certain countries. Perhaps Mubi is more interested in a particular cinema than Netflix, but I think they are helping [while] still believing cinema should be watched on a big screen amongst other people.”

On returning to Greece, where part of the film was shot before production was moved to locations in Italy, Fiennes said he found Ithaca to be a “very powerful place” and Greece “an extraordinary country.” “There is some energy or power that I identify in its islands, its seascape and mountains. I feel the same on the West Coast of Ireland. It is very powerful to feel these spirits.”

Read More About:
Juliette Binoche, Ralph Fiennes, Thessaloniki Film Festival, Uberto Pasolini
Bleecker Street has set a Dec. 6 nationwide release of The Return, which reunites Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche for the first time since the 1996 multi-Oscar winner The English Patient. Overall it’s their third collaboration together counting the 1992 movie Wuthering Heights in which they both starred. In addition to the release date change, first look photos of the epic were unveiled.

Directed by Uberto Pasolini, The Return follows Odysseus (Fiennes) who washes up on the shores of Ithaca after 20 years away; haggard and unrecognizable. 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. Their son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) faces death at the hands of these suitors, who see him as merely an obstacle to their pursuit of the kingdom. Odysseus has also changed—scarred by his experience of the Trojan war, he is no longer the mighty warrior from years past— but he must rediscover his strength to win back all he has lost.

Related Stories
Daniel Craig and Drew Starkey in Queer movie
Indies 'Queer' & 'Flow', 'Pushpa' Sequel, Anime 'Solo Leveling' & Concert Films Sing - Specialty Box Office
A biohazard symbol over an image of an island in the teaser for '28 Years Later'.
Sony Reveals First '28 Years Later' Poster & Teaser With Morse Code Clue
Pic also stars Marwan Kenzari with Claudio Santamaria and with Ángela Molina.

Watch on Deadline
The Return was produced by Picomedia, Rai Cinema, Heretic, Ithaca Films, Kabo Films, and Marvelous Productions. The Redwave Films Production-HanWay Films is handling foreign sales on the film. Producers are Pasolini, James Clayton, Roberto Sessa and Konstantinos Kontovrakis. John Collee, Edward Bond and Pasolini wrote the script. EPs are Fiennes, Giorgos Karnavas, Torsten Poeck, Andrew Karpen, Kent Sanderson, Nicholas Sandler and Keith Kehoe.

Already on the calendar for Dec. 6 is the A24 raunchy comedy, Y2K, the limited release of Searchlight horror movie, Nightbitch, starring Amy Adams, and Briarcliff Entertainment’s Frank Grillo movie Werewolves.

Read More About:
Juliette Binoche
Ralph Fiennes
The Return
200 (Stargate SG-1) • Abby (TV series) • Abyssinia, Henry • Adventure Time • The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. • All Hell Breaks Loose (Supernatural) • All Souls (TV series) • The American Bible Challenge • Animaniacs • Aquaman (TV pilot) • Barge of the Dead • Melanie Barnett • The Beginning of the End (Lost) • The Bill (Inside No. 9) • Blue's Clues • Bluey (2018 TV series) • The Body (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) • The Boys from Baghdad High • Ed Bradley • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wrath of the Darkhul King • CBS Building • A Canterlot Wedding • Cape Feare • Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons • Carnivàle • Cartman Gets an Anal Probe • Chains of Love (TV series) • The Chase (American game show) • The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson • Cold Feet • Confirmed Dead • Richard Cordray • C. J. Cregg • Daisy (advertisement) • Damien (South Park) • Dark Angel (American TV series) • Deadalive • Death on the Rock • Deep Throat (The X-Files episode) • Did You Hear What Happened to Charlotte King? • Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) • Doomsday (Doctor Who) • Ed, Edd n Eddy • El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie • The Emperor's New School • Episode 2 (Twin Peaks) • Episode 14 (Twin Peaks) • Eve (American TV series) • Faces (Star Trek: Voyager) • Family Trade • Favorite Son (Star Trek: Voyager) • Format of Sesame Street • George Formby • Fresh Blood (Supernatural) • From the Doctor to My Son Thomas • Gender Bender (The X-Files) • Give Peace a Chance (Grey's Anatomy) • Goodbyeee • Greatest Hits (Lost) • Greed (game show) • Grey's Anatomy season 17 • Jane Grigson • Hannah Montana • Chad Harris-Crane • Sadie Harris • Head over Heels (American TV series) • Hell Is Other Robots • High School Musical: The Musical: The Series • History of Sesame Street • Home (The X-Files) • Homer's Enemy • Homer's Phobia • Homicide: Life on the Street season 1 • Homicide: Life on the Street season 2 • Kenneth Horne • Horrible Histories (2009 TV series) • House (TV series) • Ice (The X-Files) • Janet(s) • Peter Jennings • Joking Apart • The Joy of Sect • KNXV-TV • Kampung Boy (TV series) • KARE (TV) • Katie Joplin • KCPQ • Kes (Star Trek) • Leah LaBelle • Lady Blue (TV series) • Last Gasp (Inside No. 9) • Last of the Summer Wine • The Last Temptation of Krust • John Le Mesurier • Lisa the Skeptic • Lisa the Vegetarian • Lost: Missing Pieces • Love, Inc. (TV series) • The Man Trap • Todd Manning • The Masked Singer (American TV series) • Meerkat Manor • Meerkat Manor: The Story Begins • Meet Kevin Johnson • Mercy Point • The Million Second Quiz • Mind Meld • Kylie Minogue • Mother and Child Reunion (Degrassi: The Next Generation) • Mother's Day (Rugrats) • Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo • A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding • Nightswimming (Awake) • No Rest for the Wicked (Supernatural) • No Such Thing as Vampires • North by North Quahog • Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) • One of the Boys (1989 TV series) • The Other Woman (Lost) • Our Friends in the North • Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption • Over There (Fringe) • Paramount Television Network • Parks and Recreation season 1 • Partners in Crime (Doctor Who) • Persuasion (1995 film) • Pilot (House) • Pilot (Parks and Recreation) • Pilot (Smallville) • Pilot (Supernatural) • Pokémon Channel • The Post-Modern Prometheus • The Power of Nightmares • Premiere (The O.C.) • Press Gang • Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) • Quatermass II • Quatermass and the Pit • A Quiet Night In • Raichu • The Random Years • Ronald Reagan • The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest • Rejoined • The Riddle of the Sphinx (Inside No. 9) • Road to the Multiverse • A Rugrats Chanukah • A Rugrats Kwanzaa • Eve Russell • Simone Russell • Russell family (Passions) • SLAPP Suits • San Junipero • Sardines (Inside No. 9) • Say Hello to My Little Friend (Awake) • Sesame Street • Sesame Street international co-productions • Sesame Street research • Sesame Workshop • Shannen Says • The Shape of Things to Come (Lost) • Bart Simpson • Homer Simpson • The Simpsons • Sisters at Heart • The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati • Red Skelton • Smallville season 1 • Aaron Sorkin • Soultaker (film) • South Park season 13 • Space Seed • Squeeze (The X-Files) • Squirm • Jo Stafford • Stark Raving Dad • Starvin' Marvin • The Stolen Earth • A Streetcar Named Marge • Subway (Homicide: Life on the Street) • Supernatural season 2 • Supernatural season 1 • Swift Justice • Temperatures Rising • Terms of Endearment (The X-Files) • These Are the Voyages... • Through the Looking Glass (Lost) • Thunderbirds (TV series) • Treehouse of Horror • Triangle (The X-Files) • Michael Tritter • True Detective season 1 • The Truth (The X-Files) • The Turn of the Screw (2009 film) • The Unnatural (The X-Files) • Veronica Clare • Volcano (South Park) • WBPX-TV • WSNS-TV • Weight Gain 4000 • What Is and What Should Never Be (Supernatural) • Wizards of Waverly Place • WWJ-TV • X-Cops • Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus • Yesterday's Enterprise • You Only Move Twice • Zombie Nightmare • All things

Former featured articles
Douglas Adams • The Apprentice (British TV series) • Arrested Development • Avatar: The Last Airbender • BBC television drama • Batman • Blackadder • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • Bulbasaur • Characters of Carnivàle • Cheers • Coronation Street • Countdown (game show) • CSI effect • Dawson's Creek • Degrassi: The Next Generation • Doctor Who • Doctor Who missing episodes • Firefly (TV series) • Pauline Fowler • Have I Got News for You • Interactions (The Spectacular Spider-Man) • Martin Keamy • Lost (TV series) • Making Waves (TV series) • Manos: The Hands of Fate • Ian McKellen • Monty Hall problem • Nikki and Paulo • Nineteen Eighty-Four (British TV programme) • Not the Nine O'Clock News • The Office (American TV series) • Only Fools and Horses • Our Gang • Bernard Quatermass • The Quatermass Experiment • Scooby-Doo • Serial Experiments Lain • Sideshow Bob • Soprano Home Movies • Spoo (food) • KaDee Strickland • Uma Thurman • Trapped in the Closet (South Park) • Truthiness • Andrew Van de Kamp • The West Wing • Western (genre) • The Wire • Yes Minister

Featured article candidates
Overdrawn at the Memory Bank

Featured lists
30 Rock season 2 • 30 Rock season 3 • 30 Rock season 4 • 40th Daytime Emmy Awards • List of Adventure Time episodes • List of The Adventures of Mini-Goddess episodes • List of The Apprentice (American TV series) candidates • Arthur Ashe Courage Award • List of Avatar: The Last Airbender episodes • Avatar: The Last Airbender season 1 • Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 • Avatar: The Last Airbender season 3 • Jimmy V Award • List of awards and nominations received by The Flash • BBC Young Musician • Basshunter videography • Best Female Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award • Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award • Best Fighter ESPY Award • Best MLS Player ESPY Award • Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award • Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award • List of Better Call Saul episodes • Beyoncé videography • List of awards and nominations received by The Bill • List of Black Lagoon episodes • List of Black Mirror episodes • Cate Blanchett on screen and stage • Bleach season 2 • Bleach season 3 • Bleach season 4 • Bleach season 5 • Bleach season 6 • Bleach season 7 • Bleach season 8 • Bleach season 9 • Bleach season 10 • Blue Heelers season 13 • List of Bluey episodes • List of Brooklyn Nine-Nine episodes • List of Brotherhood episodes • List of songs recorded by Alexandra Burke • Ian Carmichael on stage, screen and radio • Carry On series on screen and stage • Coldplay videography • List of Bradley Cooper performances • List of D.Gray-man episodes • List of Dad's Army episodes • List of Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) competitors • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team • Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 1 • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 2 • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 3 • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 4 • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 5 • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 6 • Degrassi: The Next Generation season 7 • Desperate Housewives season 1 • List of Doctor Who Christmas and New Year's specials • List of Doctor Who episodes (1963–1989) • Shannen Doherty filmography • List of Ed, Edd n Eddy episodes • List of Family Guy cast members • Family Guy season 1 • Family Guy season 4 • Family Guy season 5 • Family Guy season 8 • Works of Keith Floyd • George Formby on screen, stage, record and radio • GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comedy Series • GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Drama Series • GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series • Lady Gaga videography • List of Game of Thrones episodes • List of awards and nominations received by Game of Thrones • Game of Thrones season 1 • John Gielgud on stage and screen • Glee season 1 • Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award • List of The Good Place episodes • List of Mckenna Grace performances • Green Wing series 1 • List of Gunsmoke (TV series) episodes • List of Tom Hanks performances and credits • List of Anne Hathaway performances • List of Heroes episodes • Highlander: The Series season 1 • Highlander: The Series season 2 • Philip Seymour Hoffman on screen and stage • List of HolbyBlue episodes • How I Met Your Mother season 1 • List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2015) • List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2016) • List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2017) • List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2018) • List of Inkigayo Chart winners (2019) • International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Television • Hattie Jacques on stage, radio, screen and record • Scarlett Johansson on screen and stage • John Ford filmography • Justin Timberlake videography • Grace Kelly on screen and stage • Ayushmann Khurrana filmography • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 1 • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 2 • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 3 • John Le Mesurier on stage, radio, screen and record • Bernard Lee on stage and screen • List of Line of Duty episodes • List of awar