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The Odyssey · written by Christopher Nolan · 2026
Scene 109 of 199 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two
Twenty years after leaving for the Trojan War, Odysseus fights his way home across a hostile sea only to find his kingdom overrun — and must return in disguise to reclaim his wife, his son, and his throne from the suitors laying siege to his house.
Ithaca frozen in a decade of waiting: Penelope weaving, the suitors feasting, Telemachus unheard.
Telemachus needs proof of his father's fate; Penelope needs the throne secured before the suitors force her hand.
Telemachus sails from Ithaca in secret, crossing into the unfamiliar world beyond his mother's house.
Odysseus's captivity with Calypso opens the parallel strand — a man who has forgotten his own family, slowly remembering his way home.
Circe begins transforming Odysseus's starving men into pigs mid-feast — the crew's appetite becomes literal cost, and Odysseus is forced to act alone.
Odysseus sprints toward the stone house, calling for Eurylochus.
Inside, Circe completes the transformation, turning the feasting men into pigs one by one.
Odysseus confronts the sentry Antiphates, learns none of the landing party has returned, and arms himself before heading up alone.
This scene
Odysseus climbs up through the ruins. Watching the stone house. With its STY FULL OF PIGS. In front of him is a TAME LION... Odysseus crouches by the lion, reaching out to its mane, looking deep into its sad eyes...
He hears the DOOR OPEN, LOOKS OVER TO THE HOUSE TO SEE CIRCE EMERGE WITH A BUCKET OF SLOPS FOR THE PIGS. Odysseus watches her dump the slops into the sty... she looks up, SENSING HIM --
CIRCE
Why don't you come out?
Odysseus steps forward. Circe looks him up and down.
CIRCE (CONT'D)
Have you come from the sea?
Odysseus nods.
CIRCE (CONT'D)
Are you alone?
Odysseus nods again, stepping cautiously closer. The pigs see him and crowd around, SNIFFING AT HIM, POKING HIM WITH THEIR SNOUTS... Circe LAUGHS --
CIRCE (CONT'D)
My pigs have taken a liking to you. Are you hungry?
Odysseus nods.
CIRCE (CONT'D)
Leave your weapons at the door and enjoy the hospitality of Zeus.
He pulls his swords and bow and rests them against the wall.
CIRCE (CONT'D)
Grab a hog. You can slaughter it for your dinner.
Odysseus looks at the pigs, CROWDED AROUND HIS LEGS. Splits one from the others and PUSHES IT INSIDE... as he shuts the door he looks out at the remaining pigs, staring at him. THEY START SQUEALING. He shuts the door.