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Three Thousand Years of Longing

  • 20222022
  • RR
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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POPULARITY
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Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
On a trip to Istanbul, a lonely scholar discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. What she wants is love, but can and should he grant it to her?
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A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
590
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
203
149
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • George Miller
    • Writers
      • George Miller
      • Augusta Gore
      • A.S. Byatt(based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by)
    • Stars
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Idris Elba
      • Pia Thunderbolt
    Top credits
    • Director
      • George Miller
    • Writers
      • George Miller
      • Augusta Gore
      • A.S. Byatt(based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by)
    • Stars
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Idris Elba
      • Pia Thunderbolt
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Releases August 26, 2022
    • 1User review
    • 28Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore

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    Three Thousand Years of Longing
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    Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
    Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
    Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
    Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
    George Miller, Idris Elba, and Tilda Swinton in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
    George Miller in Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
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    Tilda Swinton
    Tilda Swinton
    • Alithea
    Idris Elba
    Idris Elba
    • The Djinn
    Pia Thunderbolt
    Pia Thunderbolt
    • Orhan's Pa
    Berk Ozturk
    • Semih The Driver…
    Anthony Moisset
    Anthony Moisset
    • Hotel Porter
    Alyla Browne
    Alyla Browne
    • Young Alithea
    Sage Mcconnell
    • Dormitory Girl
    Abel Bond
    Abel Bond
    • Enzo
    Agani Gecmez
    • Turkish Hotel Waiter
    Ayantu Usman
    • Sheba's Handmaiden
    Peter Bertoni
    Peter Bertoni
    • Jack
    Lianne Mackessy
    Lianne Mackessy
    • Emmeline Porter
    Harlan Norris
    • London Driver
    Leslie Krahner
    • Fisherman Rough Hands
    George Zammit
    • Male Hands
    Feride Eralp
    • Female Hands
    Khoury Matthew
    • Blacksmith Ifrit…
    Burwaiss Ahmed
    • Byzantium Labourer
    • Director
      • George Miller
    • Writers
      • George Miller
      • Augusta Gore
      • A.S. Byatt(based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Cinematographer John Seale came out of retirement for the second time to shoot this movie. He'd previously done so in 2012 to shoot Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), also directed by George Miller.
    • Quotes

      [from trailer]

      Alithea Binnie: My name is Alithea. My story is true. I am a solitary creature by nature. I have no children, no siblings, no parents. I did once have a husband.

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    User reviews1

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    8/10
    Could be much more, but fell in love with its own premise
    It's a good movie, that should have been excellent but ended up just "good". It's visually magnificent, it has very good acting and it's basic idea is original and even poignant but. There are a few very big buts in stopping it from reaching the potential heights it should've reached.

    It's getting lost in its own meandering tale, though we've all figured out the point it wanted to make long before it spells it out on the screen. It want's too much to demonstrate it's about storytelling so all the stories we see on screen are so heavily narrated that many of their charming characters end up as puppets with only glimpse of the character they should have, preventing us from really caring for them or in other words leaving us uninvolved with big chunks of the story. The combination of a long meandering plot line that keeps the audience uninvolved is an obstacle almost no movie can survive.

    If I did enjoy it it's mainly because of the leading couple - Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton - no they're not giving a gut wrenching performance - they're simply very very professional keeping the convoluted plotline from losing us altogether anchoring the viewers to the story without turning it into a soap opera, and it could very easily turn into one so I'm definitely grateful for that professionalism. I simply can't help wondering what could have happened had it fulfilled the potential it most certainly has.
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    • Aug 15, 2022

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    • Release date
      • August 26, 2022 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Thousand Years of Longing
    • Filming locations
      • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • Kennedy Miller Mitchell
      • Kennedy Miller Productions
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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