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Three Thousand Years of Longing

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6.9/10 • 1.3K

2022-08-241h 48m

DramaFantasyRomance

What would you wish for?

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

Directors
George Miller
Writters
Augusta Miller, George Miller
Editors
Augusta Miller, George Miller, Margaret Sixel

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Tilda Swinton

    Tilda Swinton

    Alithea

  2. Idris Elba

    Idris Elba

    The Djinn

  3. Erdil Yaşaroğlu

    Erdil Yaşaroğlu

    Professor Günhan

  4. Sabrina Elba

    Sabrina Elba

    British Council Lady / The Watcher

  5. Sarah Houbolt

    Sarah Houbolt

    Airport Djinn

  6. Seyithan Özdemir

    Seyithan Özdemir

    Pale Djinn

  7. Aamito Lagum

    Aamito Lagum

    The Queen of Sheba

  8. Nicolas Mouawad

    Nicolas Mouawad

    King Solomon

  9. Ece Yüksel

    Ece Yüksel

    Gulten

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CinemaSerf

Sep 3, 2022

7/10

"Alithea" (Tilda Swinton) is a solitary scholar who travels to Istanbul to address a conference on the relative merits of myth v science. At the seminar, she starts to hallucinate and the seed is sown that perhaps the mystical is not so far-fetched as we might think! A visit to the Grand Bazaar sees her acquire a small blue bottle that, when attacked rather unceremoniously with an electric toothbrush, spills it's contents into her hotel room. A giant, hairy-legged Djinn (Idris Elba). In keeping with tradition, he offers her three wishes - but she is sceptical. Easy come, easy goes thinks she - and as the couple chat, she discovers just how he became incarcerated in this, his third, bottle. His are tales of love, lust, greed, power and sadness and he depicts them to her of his life of some thousands of years. He also declares just why it is so important that she actually makes her wishes; for without those he can never attain his freedom. It's good fun this film. An anthology of scenarios that entertain and amuse with a worldly and generous effort from the sagely Swinton who gradually falls in love with her now normal-sized companion. The dynamic between the two stars is engaging and effective, the latter delivering a charming contribution to a simple story of the problems of a series of unrequited loves over the centuries that will probably never find a straightforward solution! It's a quirky film, that moves along quickly and I really quite enjoyed it.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$60,000,000.00
Revenue
$20,300,000.00
Keywords
mythologylongingdjinndesirestorytellingwish fulfillmentgeniepublic speakingistanbul, turkeyscholarlonely womanwishesdoctorateromantic