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Three Thousand Years of Longing(2022)
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English
108MinutesDuration
A lonely scholar, while on a trip to Istanbul, encounters a Djinn who offers her three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Doubting his existence and aware of cautionary tales, she is eventually beguiled by his fantastical stories and makes a surprising wish.
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In this modern retelling of Goethe's Faust, a man named Heinrich Faust, dissatisfied with his life and thirsting for knowledge, makes a pact with the devil. As Faust indulges in pleasures and gains great knowledge, he slowly loses his humanity and descends into darkness.
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