Three Thousand Years of Longing Cannes debut receives a 6-minute standing ovation

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George Miller‘s Three Thousand Years of Longing just premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and audience members were overwhelmed with excitement about the film. The film, and by extension, George Miller, received a six-minute standing ovation at the film’s conclusion. Miller was then given a microphone to address the crowd. After saying that this was the first time anyone had seen the movie, he added, “It’s very moving,” to see it get such a positive reaction.

A standing ovation wasn’t the only excitement surrounding the premiere. Earlier, during the red carpet lead-up to the screening, a woman, screaming and wearing body paint in the colors of the Ukrainian flag along with “stop raping us” written across her abdomen, was stopped by security after it appeared she had taken off her clothes. Some witnesses say she also had blood-red paint over her lower back and legs, with “scum” written on her lower back. Security quickly draped a jacket over the woman and escorted her off the grounds.

Additionally, reactions to the screening are starting to crop up on social media:

George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing is unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. It’s a gorgeously wrought epic fairy tale romance between a djinn (Idris Elba) and an academic (Tilda Swinton) who studies storytelling. He tells her a bang of a tale; she makes wishes.

— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) May 20, 2022

George Miller gets a standing ovation as he arrives for the premiere of ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ with his cast. #Cannes2022 pic.twitter.com/PhsZkPp2wq

— Ramin Setoodeh (@RaminSetoodeh) May 20, 2022

George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing beguiled me. A sweeping, beautiful and enigmatic work of mastery from one of cinema’s greats.

— Joe Utichi (@joeutichi) May 20, 2022

At Cannes first ever screening of charming, romantic and magical Three Thousand Years Of Longing tonight. George Miller said first time he saw with audience. Tilda Swindon and Idris Elba are wonderful.

— Pete Hammond (@DeadlinePete) May 20, 2022

Original Article

This week we were teased with a bit of the trailer for George Miller’s upcoming film, Three Thousand Years of Longing, which only made his fans hungry for more. Yesterday, the film’s official key art was released with the promise of the full trailer being released today, and that promise was fulfilled! The trailer has arrived, and it looks like one hell of a trip through this enticing fantasy drama.

Per the film’s official synopsis, “Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) is an academic – content with life and a creature of reason. While in Istanbul attending a conference, she happens to encounter a Djinn (Idris Elba) who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. This presents two problems. First, she doubts that he is real and second, because she is 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 is beguiled and makes a wish that surprises them both.” The film also stars Kaan Guldur, Alyla Browne, and Angie Tricker.

The trailer makes this look like a mix of fantasy, with some truly bizarre imagery, mythology, and everything in between. The film is an adaptation of the short story “The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye” by A.S. Byatt, and it will be making the rounds at the Cannes Film Festival. Also, since it was acquired by MGM, this will be its first film to premiere at the festival following the closure of its merger with Amazon back in March.

Did YOU like the trailer? Three Thousand Years of Longing is expected to hit screens on August 31, 2022.