Three Thousand Years of Longing(2022)

United Artists Releasing

R
1h 48m

Release Date: Aug 26, 2022 | Wide

A lonely scholar, on a trip to Istanbul, discovers a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom.

Releases

Original Release | Aug 26, 2022

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$2,919,717
Total US & Canada:
$8,286,741
Total International
$11,995,681
Total Worldwide:
$20,282,422

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Director & Top Cast

George Miller
Director

Tilda Swinton
Alithea

Idris Elba
The Djinn

Erdil Yasaroglu
Prof. Günhan

Sarah Houbolt
Airport Djinn

Sabrina Dhowre Elba
Actor

Seyithan Özdemir

Pale Djinn

Aamito Lagum

The Queen of Sheba

Nicolas Mouawad

King Solomon

Ece Yüksel

Actor

Matteo Bocelli

Prince Mustafa

Lachy Hulme

Sultan Suleiman

Megan Gale

Hürrem

Ogulcan Arman Uslu

Murad IV

Jack Braddy

Ibrahim

Zerrin Tekindor

Kösem

Anna Adams

Sugar Lump

George Shevtsov

The Old Storyteller

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,Dolby Surround 7.1,Dolby Atmos

Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Australia,United States

Language: English,Greek, Ancient (to 1453),Turkish,German,French,Russian

Summaries

Storyline

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. In her quest to find the common truths behind humankind's stories, British narratologist Dr Alithea Binnie finds herself in Istanbul. When Alithea stumbles upon an intriguing, hand-blown crystal bottle, the curious academic unleashes the supernatural force living in the peculiar glass container: the Djinn, or the Genie in the bottle. As the otherworldly entity enthrals Alithea with extraordinary stories spanning three millennia, the shocked professor has three wishes to fulfil her heart's desires. However, Alithea already knows that there's no story about wishing that is not a cautionary tale. After all, trickster Djinns love to manipulate humans' intimate longings to serve their own selfish ends. And that's the problem. What happens if Alithea makes no wish at all? — Nick Riganas