Three Thousand Years of Longing

1hr 48m

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1hr 48m
(255)
60

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.

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

George Miller

Producer:

George Miller, Doug Mitchell, Dean Hood

Writer:

George Miller, Augusta Gore

Release Date:

Aug 26, 2022

Runtime:

1hr 48m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Idris Elba
Tilda Swinton
Nicolas Mouawad
Megan Gale
Alyla Browne
Kaan Guldur
Berk Ozturk
Aska Karem

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Verified Review

#fantasy

#lovestory

#<3

Definitely a must see if you like fantasy and reality rolled into one…acting was awesome…flows well and was a nice break from the real world!

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Lou M

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#fantasy

#lovestory

#greatcast

#greatvisualfx

#indiehit

#clever

#great

#beautiful

Beautifully written, directed, acted, and shot. Not for everyone. If you like narrative storytelling, then you'll like this.

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Metacritic

Based on 52 Critics

USER SCORE (82)

Generally favorable reviews based on 82 Reviews

75

Aug 22, 2022

George Miller’s film is a passionate exploration of how image-making is inextricable from storytelling.

Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

38

Aug 18, 2022

Miller’s film, based on an A.S. Byatt short story, is long and feels incomplete, weighty without much psychological or intellectual heft, colorful but rarely dazzling and never whimsical enough.

Roger Moore

Movie Nation

60

May 20, 2022

These days, audiences are so savvy about the tricks at a filmmaker’s disposal that the movie’s greatest achievement is that it seizes our imagination (or perhaps that’s our attention deficit disorder being so brusquely manhandled) and holds it for the better part of two hours, defying us to anticipate what comes next.

Peter Debruge

Variety

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