Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022 • 108 minutes

About this movie

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.

Ratings and reviews

Great movie- I very much enjoyed it, especially all the stories the djinn tells. The 3rd act is a little clunky, but the ending is satisfying.

Agree with Tom; lovely movie, clunky toward the end but actually resolves nicely