Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche Reunite Nearly 30 Years AfterTheEnglish PatientinThe ReturnTrailer

Mar. 15, 2025

Ralph FiennesandJuliette Binocheare reuniting for a gritty new take on a classic epic.

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

As its newly released trailer reveals,The Returncenters 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.Courtesy Bleecker Street

Courtesy Bleecker Street

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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 Returnhad its world premiere on Sept. 7 at the 2024Toronto International Film Festival, where Binoche toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat it was“joyful” to reunite onscreenwith Fiennes afterThe English Patientand 1992’sWuthering Heightsadaptation, theHarry Potterstar’s feature film debut. “We remained friends, throughout all those years,” said the French actress, who won the 1997 Supporting Actress Oscar for herEnglish Patientperformance.

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.”

The Returnis in theaters Dec. 6.

source: people.com