August 26, 2022 (United States) |© 2022 Metro Goldwyn Mayer
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.
Director
George Miller
Writers
George Miller, Augusta Gore, A.S. Byatt (based upon the short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by)
Actors
Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Pia Thunderbolt
Genre
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Run Time
1 hour 48 minutes
