Nostos: The Return

Nostos: The Return 1990 Directed by Franco Piavoli Nostos: il ritorno

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.

Country Italy

Production Country Italy

Language Italian

Spoken Language Italian

Gneres Adventure , Drama

Production Companies Ministero del Turismo e dello Spettacolo , Zefiro , Cooperativa Immaginazione

Release Date 26 May 1990

88 mins