Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022 Drama | Romance | SciFi/Fantasy
69%

A lonely and bitter British woman discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with apathy, she is unable to come up with one until his stories spark in her a desire to be loved.

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by Brian Lloyd
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'Three Thousand Years Of Longing' is a swirling romance of storytelling

Literary scholar Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) discovers a small bottle in a bazar in Istanbul while at a conference there on the connectivity of stories in culture. Opening the bottle in her hotel room, a djinn emerges (Idris Elba) and grants her three wishes, after which he will finally be free. However, Alithea is more than acutely aware that any tale of a genie and wishes comes with a caution...

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