Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) returns to Ithaca, washed up on the shore and naked, twenty years after leading the armies in the Trojan War. In his absence, his wife, Penelope (Juliette Binoche), has stayed faithful to her husband, refusing to remarry any of the various suitors who have made their offerings. As life on the island…
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Walkabout
After being abandoned by their father (John Meillon), two siblings (Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg) are left to survive on their own in the Australian wilderness. With their few resources quickly depleted and death imminent, their paths cross with a young Aboriginal boy (David Gulpilil) on his titular Walkabout, a ritual journey for the boys of…
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