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, chased by suitors competing for the king. Their son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) faces death at the hands of these suitors, who only see him as an obstacle in their quest for kingdom.