Three Thousand Years of Longing

If A Thousand and One Nights was written by George Miller, on the most personal project of his career immediately after the triumph of Mad Max: Fury Road. Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba (as Genie) star in a towering fantasy epic sculpted from hope and loneliness.

Synopsis

Dr. Alithea Binnie is an academic content with her solitary life, a creature of logic. While in Istanbul for a conference, she meets a Genie who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. But she doubts he is real. The genie defends his position by recounting fantastic stories from his past. Will these stories convince Alithea? And what impact will her wish have?