Friday, November 22, 2024

Tag: A.S. Byatt

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)

Title: Three Thousand Years of Longing
Rating: R
Directed by: George Miller
Written by: George Miller and Augusta Gore
Based on the short story by: A.S. Byatt
Starring: Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton
Release Date: 8/26/2022
Running Time: 108 minutes

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What did you think of this film?

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.


Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Dedication: Dedicated to
Angela Miller
Rena Mitchell

Special thanks to Javier for this submission