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Three Thousand Years of Longing( 2022)

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What would you wish for?

Overview

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Tilda Swinton

      Alithea

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      Idris Elba

      The Djinn

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      Erdil Yaşaroğlu

      Professor Günhan

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      Sabrina Elba

      British Council Lady / The Watcher

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      Sarah Houbolt

      Airport Djinn

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      Seyithan Özdemir

      Pale Djinn

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      Aamito Lagum

      The Queen of Sheba

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      Nicolas Mouawad

      King Solomon

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      Ece Yüksel

      Gulten

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      Matteo Bocelli

      Prince Mustafa

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      Lachy Hulme

      Sultan Suleiman

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      Megan Gale

      Hürrem

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      Oğulcan Arman Uslu

      Murad IV

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      Jack Braddy

      Ibrahim

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      Zerrin Tekindor

      Kösem

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      Anna Adams

      Sugar Lump

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      George Shevtsov

      The Old Storyteller

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      David Collins

      Ozmet the Jocular

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      Burcu Gölgedar

      Zefir

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      Vincent Gil

      Old Merchant

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      Melissa Jaffer

      Clementine

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      Anne Charleston

      Fanny

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      Pia Thunderbolt

      Orhan's Pa

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      Berk Ozturk

      Semih the Driver / Bazzar Young Shopkeeper

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      Anthony Moisset

      Hotel Porter

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      Alyla Browne

      Young Alithea

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      Sage Mcconnell

      Dormitory Girl

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      Abel Bond

      Enzo

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      Agani Gecmez

      Turkish Hotel Waiter

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      Ayantu Usman

      Sheba's Handmaiden

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      Peter Bertoni

      Jack

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      Lianne Mackessy

      Emmeline Porter

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      Harlan Norris

      London Driver

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      Leslie Krahner

      Fisherman Rough Hands

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      George Zammit

      Male Hands

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      Feride Eralp

      Female Hands

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      Matthew Khoury

      Blacksmith Ifrit / Persian Soldier

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      Burwaiss Ahmed

      Byzantium Labourer

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      Edoardo Michelotti

      Mustafa Janissary

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      Ronny Mouawad

      Mustafa Janissary / Airport Surly Supervisor

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      Paul Prakash

      Mustafa Janissary

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      Olivia Porter

      Juggler

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      Quaden Bayles

      Quick Change Boy

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      Botan Ozer

      Ali

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      Georgiou Thomas

      Rustem Pasha

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      Arshia Dehghani

      Prince Cihangir

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      Talia Tulin Sert

      Seraglio Concubine

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      Jean-Marc Agbogba

      Zaouli Dancer

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      Kaan Guldur

      Young Murad IV

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      Hugo Vella

      Young Ibrahim

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      Simon Abraham

      Persian Soldier

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      Bryony Pyke

      Slender Concubine

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      Hana Habbouche

      Slender Concubine

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      Jyoti Barry

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Madeline Berner

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Kathleen Coffey

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Nikki Hooppell

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Stephanie Julien

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Elyse Metaxas

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Debbie Correira

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Laura Foster

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Ashleigh Geitzmann

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Hannah Robinson

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Felicity Tchorlian

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Kate Wake

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Mary P

      Ibrahim's Concubine

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      Ron Hicks

      Dead Pasha

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      Glenn Levett

      Dead Vizier

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      Danny Lim

      Storyteller

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      Rellim Egroeg

      Hapless Storyteller

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      Eva Maria Barboza

      Old Merchant's Cook

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      Lulu Pinkus

      Old Merchant Wife

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      Karen Ainley

      Old Merchant Wife

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      Aska Karem

      Airport Security Officer

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      Melissa Kahraman

      Airport Security Technician

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      Bridget Maizey

      Rollerblader in Love

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      Eric Presnall

      Rollerblader in Love

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      Nolan Zadarnowski

      Small Child

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      Patryk Zadarnowski

      Father

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      Nathan Susskind

      Young Man Soccer Player

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      Peter Stephens

      Persian General

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    Review 3Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Sep 03 2022
    "Alithea" (Tilda Swinton) is a solitary scholar who travels to Istanbul to address a conference on the relative merits of myth v science. At the seminar, she starts to hallucinate and the seed is sown that perhaps the mystical is not so far-fetched as we might think! A visit to the Grand Bazaar sees her acquire a small blue bottle that, when attacked rather unceremoniously with an electric toothbrush, spills it's contents into her hotel room. A giant, hairy-legged Djinn (Idris Elba). In keeping with tradition, he offers her three wishes - but she is sceptical. Easy come, easy goes thinks she - ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    60000000.00

    Revenue

    20300000.00

    Keywords

    • mythology
    • longing
    • djinn
    • desire
    • storytelling
    • wish fulfillment
    • genie
    • public speaking
    • istanbul, turkey
    • scholar
    • lonely woman
    • wishes
    • doctorate
    • romantic