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Exploring The Odyssey

Exploring The Odyssey

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General Admission: $15

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    General Admission: $15

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Audiences are invited to join A.R.T. at The Brattle Theatre for film screenings that explore Homer’s epic—and epically influential—tale. Each screening will be accompanied by a special introduction from A.R.T. staff.

Co-presented with The Brattle, which has been showing the best in classic, cutting edge, foreign, and arthouse films since 1953.

Brattle Hall

The Brattle Theatre

The Brattle Theatre is located in Harvard Square at the historic Brattle Hall, just down the street from the Loeb Drama Center.

The Brattle Theatre is located in Harvard Square at the historic Brattle Hall, just down the street from the Loeb Drama Center.

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The Boy and the Heron

FEB 17 6PM
Released 2023

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, where he meets a persistent gray heron. Winner of the 2023 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

FEB 17 6PM
Released 2023

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, where he meets a persistent gray heron. Winner of the 2023 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

The Return

FEB 19 8PM
Released 2024

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. and much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan war. Starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.

FEB 19 8PM
Released 2024

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. and much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan war. Starring Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche.
A flat illustration of three women standing above the silhouette of a ship, pulling the lines of its sails. A warrior stands on the prow of the ship.

The Odyssey

FEB 9 – MAR 16

Acclaimed writer and adaptor Kate Hamill turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s epic, asking how we can embrace healing and forgiveness in order to end cycles of violence and revenge.

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FEB 9 – MAR 16

Acclaimed writer and adaptor Kate Hamill turns a contemporary lens on Homer’s epic, asking how we can embrace healing and forgiveness in order to end cycles of violence and revenge.

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