There is not a cynical molecule in the makeup of George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing,“ a patient and occasionally dazzling fantasy about love, myth, hope, companionship and perhaps,
George Miller directs Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton in "Three Thousand Years of Longing," a story about storytelling and wishes. Elba plays an ancient djinn whom Swinton s character unlocks. But she is not so naïve to just start asking for wishes.