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Three Thousand Years Of Longing Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

What would you wish for?

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Oct. 29, 2022

Three Thousand Years Of Longing

Release Date: Friday, August 26, 2022 Nationwide

Idris Elba, George Miller, Kevin Sun, Tilda Swinton, Doug Mitchell, Craig McMahon, Victor Hadida, Dean Hood

R Drama 1 hr, 58 m

  • 4.5

74%

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Plot

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Plot
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.
Drama Fantasy Romance

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Top Cast

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Crew Behind the Film

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The film's director George Miller last directed Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Mad Max: Fury Road. The film's writer George Miller last wrote Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Mad Max: Fury Road.

Screenwriter
Producers
Victor Hadida
Doug Mitchell

Additional Information

MPA Rating
R Restricted for some sexual content, graphic nudity and brief violence
Runtime
1 hr, 58 m
Tagline
What would you wish for?
Also known as
Not available
Language
English

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Production Details

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Key Facts

  • Based upon: The short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt (5/30/22).
  • The film will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (3/19/2022).
  • Said to be budgeted around $60 million (3/19/2022).

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Three Thousand Years Of Longing was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 26, 2022. There were 17 other movies released on the same date, including Samaritan, The Invitation and Breaking.



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Sat., Oct. 29, 2022

  • Set film release to Nationwide

  • Added the tagline: "What would you wish for?"

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