Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022
15
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

68K

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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.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

68K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,184

174

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 19 nominations total

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Featured review

8/10

Visionary peaceful journey through many stories by brilliant director George Miller

I think its awesome how the ratings jumped up from a 5.9 to a 6.9 that's wonderful! Mainly about Tilda Swinton's character buying an antique to find out a Djinn is part of it, has wishes and numerous stories to tell that are fascinating, beautiful, bizarre, and intriguing. Idris Elba is brilliant in anything especially in The Wire that's irrelevant but easily his best role. I barely knew anything of this movie before seeing except that I love George Miller films he has made a lot of masterpieces 3000 thousand years of longing is defiantly excellent for it's uniqueness; I wouldn't say masterful but damn good and would highly recommend!

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 George Miller's previous film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

Goofs
The Djinn describes Hurrem Sultan as a slave, but by the time of Mustafa's death she had been Suleiman's wife for twenty years.

Quotes
Alithea Binnie: Love is a gift. It's a gift of oneself given freely. It's not something one can ever ask for.

Crazy credits
Idris Alba and Tilda Swinton were double-billed in the opening credits.

Connections
Featured in Amanda the Jedi Show: The Most Theatre Walkouts I've EVER Seen | Cannes 2022 Explained (2022)

Soundtracks
Cautionary Tale
Music written by Tom Holkenborg (as Tom Holkenborg)
Lyrics by Augusta Gore, George Miller
Performed by Matteo Bocelli, Tom Holkenborg (as Tom Holkenborg)
Produced by Tom Holkenborg (as Tom Holkenborg)
Matteo Bocelli appears courtesy of Capitol Records