Rachel Portman (The Cider House Rules, Chocolat, Emma, The Manchurian Candidate, One Life, Never Let Me Go) has recently been scoring the upcoming historical epic The Return. The film is directed by Uberto Pasolini (Nowhere Special, Pachan) and stars Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche and Charlie Plummer. The movie is based on Homer’s ancient classic The Odyssey and follows King Odysseus as he washes up on the shores of Ithaca after 20 years away and finds his beloved wife Penelope hounded by her many suitors to choose a new husband, and his son Telemachus facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle in their relentless pursuit of Penelope. Pasolini also co-wrote the screenplay with Edward Bond (Walkabout) and John Collee (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Happy Feet). He is also producing the project with James Clayton (Pixie) for Red Wave Films, Roberto Sessa (Nostalgia, Twice Born) for Picomedia, Giorgos Karnavas (Inside) & Konstantinos Kontovravkis (How to Have Sex) for Heretic and Stéphane Moatti, Romain Le Grand, Vivien Aslanian & Marco Pacchioni (Simone: Woman of the Century) for Kabo Films and Marvelous Production. Portman has previously scored Pasolini’s 2013 feature Still Life. The Return is expected to premiere at one of the major film festivals this year and is currently scheduled to be released in U.S. theaters on September 27 by Bleecker Street.
Portman’s other recent projects the Hulu limited series We Were the Lucky Ones, which premiered this past April & May and is now available to stream.
