After 20 years of absence, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) washes up on the shores of Ithaca, exhausted and unrecognizable. The king has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom. His beloved wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) is a prisoner in her own home, pursued by rival suitors for the kingship. Their son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) faces death at the hands of these suitors, and they see him simply as an obstacle in their quest for the kingdom.