Nostos: The Return

Nostos: The Return

88 mins | Drama, Adventure | May 26, 1990

At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his adventure is delayed by many natural obstacles and he takes an internal journey of fleeting memories of his childhood, his parents, love for a beautiful girl, nostalgia for the past, regret for what he did, and the deep silence that envelops everything. He confronts the most terrible loneliness following a shipwreck in which all the comrades perish.

Nostos: The Return

88 mins | Drama, Adventure | May 26, 1990

Nostos: The Return
At the end of the war, Odysseus, the wandering hero, with his companions begins his sail back home to the Mediterranean. The conclusion of his adventure is delayed by many natural obstacles and he takes an internal journey of fleeting memories of his childhood, his parents, love for a beautiful girl, nostalgia for the past, regret for what he did, and the deep silence that envelops everything. He confronts the most terrible loneliness following a shipwreck in which all the comrades perish.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo, Zefiro, Cooperativa Immaginazione
Original title Nostos: il ritorno
Directors Carlo Malacchini, Giuseppe Marcoli, Franco Piavoli
Writers Homer, Franco Piavoli

Cast

Luigi Mezzanotte

as Odysseus

Branca de Camargo

as Calypso

Alex Carozzo

as Boatswain

Giuseppe Marcoli

as Sailor Admiring Seagulls and Seals