Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) is a visually ambitious romantic fantasy drama directed by George Miller, known for Mad Max: Fury Road . The film is an adaptation of A.S. Byatt’s 1994 short story, "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" . Narrative Core

The story follows Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton), a lonely academic and scholar of mythology who travels to Istanbul for a conference. While cleaning a decorative glass bottle she purchased at the Grand Bazaar, she accidentally releases a Djinn (Idris Elba).