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The Return is a 2024 drama film directed by Uberto Pasolini and starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.The film is a retelling of the last sections of Homer's Odyssey as adapted by Edward Bond, John Collee, and Pasolini.
In Greek mythology, Calypso (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ p s oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ, romanized: Kalupsō, lit. 'she who conceals') [1] was a nymph who lived on the island of Ogygia, where, according to Homer's Odyssey, she detained Odysseus for seven years against his will.
Ulysses (Italian: Ulisse) is a 1954 [1] fantasy-adventure film based on Homer's epic poem Odyssey.The film was directed by Mario Camerini, who co-wrote the screenplay with writer Franco Brusati.
Odysseus' boat nears the isle of Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla's six serpentine heads wreak havoc on the crew, killing many. Everyone but Odysseus is killed when Charybdis creates a whirlpool and destroys his ship. Odysseus arrives on the island where the goddess Calypso (Vanessa Williams) lives. With no means of escape, he becomes trapped there ...
The first time is to deliver a message to Calypso to let Odysseus return home. The second time, he appears to Odysseus to warn him about Circe and provides the necessary information that Odysseus needed to put Circe into submission. The third time he is sent to escort the spirits of the suitors from the halls of Odysseus's home to the ...
The film portrays the journey home after the experience of war. This amphora dated to c. 540 BC shows Odysseus killing an enemy.. Central to Nostos: The Return is the theme of homecoming—known as nostos in Homer's Odyssey—which is illustrated throughout the film by images of childhood. [9]
In Greek mythology, Calypso (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ p s oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ Kalypso means 'she who conceals' or 'like the hidden tide' [1]) [2] is the name of several nymphs, the most well known being: Calypso, the nymph who, in Homer's Odyssey, kept Odysseus with her on her island of Ogygia for seven years. [3]
Odysseus continues his journey across the chaotic sea, confronting sorceresses, sea, and monsters. To fight off the seductive sorcery of Circe, Hermes gives him Moly (herb). Odysseus takes even a journey into Hades itself to rendezvous with Tiresias. Scylla is a man-eating sea monster while Charybdis is a massive whirlpool in the sea.