Famed director George Miller co-wrote and directed this imaginative modern version of the timeless tale of the genie in the bottle. Tilda Swinton stars as Alithea Binnie, a scholar specializing in storytelling and myths. Idris Elba is the magical genie she accidently releases from his bottle, while she is on a business trip in Turkey. Of course, he offers her three wishes for releasing him.
Neither comedy or drama, this is an adult fairy tale based on the short story, "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye". The film itself is a visual marvel, especially when Mr. Elba recounts the three times over the centuries that he became trapped in the bottle. Mr. Miller takes us back to the days of Sherezade, the Queen of Sheba, and King Solomon but yet grounds the story in a modern hotel room in Istanbul as well as a home in London.
Ms. Swinton is the perfect actress to portray Alithea and her chemistry with Mr. Elba can best be described as lovely. At it's core, the film is very unusual love story. It will stir your imagination and is totally unpredictable.
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