TY - ADVS AU - Miller,George AU - Mitchell,Doug AU - Gore,Augusta AU - Swinton,Tilda AU - Elba,Idris AU - Thunderbolt,Pia AU - Ozturk,Berk AU - Moisset,Anthony AU - Browne,Alyla AU - Bertoni,Peter AU - MacKessy,Lianne AU - Junkie XL, AU - Byatt,A.S. ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ED - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ), ED - FilmNation Entertainment (Firm), ED - Elevate Production Finance, ED - Sunac (Firm), TI - Three thousand years of longing PY - 2022///] CY - [Place of publication not identified] PB - MGM KW - Women scholars KW - Drama KW - Jinn KW - Wishes KW - Fantasy films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films KW - Romance films KW - Fiction films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired KW - Video recordings for people with visual disabilities KW - Film adaptations N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 2022; Based upon the short story "The djinn in the nightingale's eye" by A.S. Byatt; Director of photography, John Seale; music by Tom Holkenborg; Tilda Swinton, Idris Elba, Pia Thunderbolt, Berk Ozturk, Anthony Moisset, Alyla Browne, Peter Bertoni, Lianne MacKessy; Rating: R; for some sexual content, graphic nudity and brief violence N2 - While attending a conference in Istanbul, Dr. Alithea Binnie happens to encounter a djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems: first, she doubts that he's real, and second, because she's 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's beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both ER -