Three Thousand Years of Longing
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discussed in biography
- In George Miller
…2022 Miller directed and cowrote Three Thousand Years of Longing, an adaptation of a short story by A.S. Byatt. It centers on a scholar (Tilda Swinton) who discovers a jinni (Idris Elba) and is offered three wishes.
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Elba
- In Idris Elba: The Suicide Squad and Hijack
…several films, including George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing, in which he played a djinn. The following year he took the lead role in the TV miniseries Hijack, a thriller about an airplane that is taken over by armed men. For his performance, Elba earned an Emmy nomination. Also…
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Swinton
- In Tilda Swinton: Later films
…several films, including George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing, in which she played a scholar who encounters a jinni (Idris Elba) and is offered three wishes. Her credits from 2024 include Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door, based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel about a dying woman (Swinton) who reconnects…
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