After 20 years away, Odysseus (Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca. The King has finally returned home but much has changed in his kingdom since he left to fight in the Trojan war. His beloved wife Penelope (Binoche) is now hounded by her many ambitious suitors to choose a new husband, a new king. Their son Telemachus, is facing death at the hands of the suitors who see him as an obstacle. Scarred by his experience of war, he is no longer the mighty warrior his people remember. He is forced to face his past in order to rediscover the strength needed to save his family and win back the love he has lost.