Film & Facts: The Odyssey

Christopher Nolans's new film The Odyssey is an adventurous mythical epic. Odysseus, the king of the island of Ithaca, undertakes a dangerous and years-long journey home after the fall of Troy. During the arduous task, he and his crew come face to face with all kinds of creatures, including the sirens, the cyclops Polyphemus, and Circe, the daughter of the sun god. Meanwhile, Odysseus' wife Penelope fends off suitors in Ithaca and his son Telemachus goes in search of his father. In The Odyssey star Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong'o, also featuring Zendaya and Charlize Theron.