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Aug 26, 2022 · Three Thousand Years of Longing: Directed by George Miller. With Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Erdil Yasaroglu, Sarah Houbolt. A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Written by Miller and Augusta Gore, it is based on the 1994 short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by A. S. Byatt and follows a djinn ( Idris Elba) who is unleashed from a bottle by a professor ( Tilda Swinton) and tells her stories from his thousands of years of existence.
DIRECTED BY: George Miller WRITTEN BY: George Miller and Augusta Gore BASED UPON: The short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt CAST: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton Follow...
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...
May 20, 2022 · Watch the first trailer for the fantasy film directed by George Miller, based on a short story by A. S. Byatt. Tilda Swinton plays a scholar who meets a genie (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
Sep 1, 2022 · Three Thousand Years of Longing film review — Idris Elba’s genie casts a spell on Tilda Swinton. An uptight academic is swept away in George Miller’s kaleidoscopic and warm-hearted...
Aug 25, 2022 · And yes, she unleashes a genie, or djinn, and a giant one at that—the sight of his enormous foot opening her bathroom door is something unusual to be sure—who, upon learning some English, proffers Alithea the standard three wishes. As played by Idris Elba, the djinn is a figure grave, funny, absurd, and moving. As for those ...
