80% of Google users liked this movie Three Thousand Years of Longing is a 2022 fantasy romantic drama film directed by George Miller and starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba. Miller wrote the screenplay with Augusta Gore, adapting the 1994 short story "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" by A. S. Byatt. Wikipedia Release date: August 26, 2022 (USA) Director: George Miller Screenplay: George Miller, Augusta Gore Production companies: FilmNation Entertainment, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, Elevate Production Finance Cinematography: John Seale Adapted from: The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye