[[{“value”:”I rarely like adaptations of classics on the big screen, but I give this one (trailer) high marks. Ralph Fiennes plays Odysseus and Juliette Binoche has the role of Penelope — you cannot imagine better castings. The film is fully serious, and understands the classic text extremely well, without being slavish to it. It understands
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I rarely like adaptations of classics on the big screen, but I give this one (trailer) high marks. Ralph Fiennes plays Odysseus and Juliette Binoche has the role of Penelope — you cannot imagine better castings. The film is fully serious, and understands the classic text extremely well, without being slavish to it. It understands the implicit politics in the story. And while you know the ending (more or less), it is truly dramatic and suspenseful at the psychological level. Don’t be put off by the so-so reviews, how many film critics today have a decent command of Homer?
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