Three Thousand Years of Longing

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.

Cast

Tilda Swinton

as Alithea

Idris Elba

as The Djinn

Erdil Yaşaroğlu

as Professor Günhan

Sabrina Elba

as British Council Lady / The Watcher

Sarah Houbolt

as Airport Djinn

Seyithan Özdemir

as Pale Djinn

Aamito Lagum

as The Queen of Sheba

Nicolas Mouawad

as King Solomon

Ece Yüksel

as Gulten

Matteo Bocelli

as Prince Mustafa

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"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...

Manuel São Bento

MORE SPOILER-FREE REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/ "Three Thousand Years of Longing is one of the most ambitious films of the year. Relying on the genuinely charming, mesmerizing performances of Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton, George Miller approaches a famous cautionary tale through a dist...

Nathan

I did not have many expectations for _Three Thousand Years of Longing_, but after leaving the theater it left me longing for more. I do not think any individual part of this film was inherently bad. The performances by Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton were captivating and their on-screen chemistry was a...

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