Three Thousand Years of Longing
September 2 - 15, 2022
A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic—content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is a scholar of story and mythology, she knows all the cautionary tales of wishes gone wrong. The Djinn pleads his case by telling her fantastical stories of his past. Eventually, she is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.
- Director: George Miller
- Principal Cast: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton
- Country: Australia, USA
- Year: 2022
- Running Time: 108 min.
- Producer: Doug Mitchell, George Miller
- Screenplay: George Miller, August Gore
- Cinematographers: John Seale
- Editors: Margaret Sixel
- Music: Junkie XL
- US Distributor: MGM/United Artists
- International Sales: Filmnation Entertainment LLC