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1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2022
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
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
DVD, region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital 5.1; wide screen; described video
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video