After 20 years away, 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 suitors vying to become king. Their son Telemachus (Charlie Plummer) faces death at the hands of these suitors, who see him as nothing more than an obstacle in their quest for kingship.