"What would you wish for?"

2022

1h 48m

6.9(1522 votes)

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Fantasy

Romance

Overview

A solitary scholar discovers an ancient bottle while on a trip to Istanbul and unleashes a djinn who offers her three wishes. Filled with reluctance, she is unable to come up with one, so the djinn tries to inspire her with his stories.

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Cast & Crew

82 members

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Tilda Swinton

Alithea

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Idris Elba

The Djinn

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Erdil Yaşaroğlu

Professor Günhan

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Sabrina Elba

British Council Lady / The Watcher

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Sarah Houbolt

Airport Djinn

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Seyithan Özdemir

Pale Djinn

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Aamito Lagum

The Queen of Sheba

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Nicolas Mouawad

King Solomon

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Ece Yüksel

Gulten

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Matteo Bocelli

Prince Mustafa

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Lachy Hulme

Sultan Suleiman

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Megan Gale

Hürrem

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Oğulcan Arman Uslu

Murad IV

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Jack Braddy

Ibrahim

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Zerrin Tekindor

Kösem

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Anna Adams

Sugar Lump

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George Shevtsov

The Old Storyteller

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David Collins

Ozmet the Jocular

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Burcu Gölgedar

Zefir

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Vincent Gil

Old Merchant

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Melissa Jaffer

Clementine

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Anne Charleston

Fanny

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Pia Thunderbolt

Orhan's Pa

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Berk Ozturk

Semih the Driver / Bazzar Young Shopkeeper

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Anthony Moisset

Hotel Porter

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Alyla Browne

Young Alithea

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Sage Mcconnell

Dormitory Girl

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Abel Bond

Enzo

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Agani Gecmez

Turkish Hotel Waiter

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Ayantu Usman

Sheba's Handmaiden

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Peter Bertoni

Jack

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Lianne Mackessy

Emmeline Porter

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Harlan Norris

London Driver

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Leslie Krahner

Fisherman Rough Hands

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George Zammit

Male Hands

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Feride Eralp

Female Hands

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Matthew Khoury

Blacksmith Ifrit / Persian Soldier

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Burwaiss Ahmed

Byzantium Labourer

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Edoardo Michelotti

Mustafa Janissary

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Ronny Mouawad

Mustafa Janissary / Airport Surly Supervisor

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Paul Prakash

Mustafa Janissary

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Olivia Porter

Juggler

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Quaden Bayles

Quick Change Boy

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Botan Ozer

Ali

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Georgiou Thomas

Rustem Pasha

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Arshia Dehghani

Prince Cihangir

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Talia Tulin Sert

Seraglio Concubine

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Jean-Marc Agbogba

Zaouli Dancer

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Kaan Guldur

Young Murad IV

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Hugo Vella

Young Ibrahim

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Simon Abraham

Persian Soldier

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Bryony Pyke

Slender Concubine

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Hana Habbouche

Slender Concubine

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Jyoti Barry

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Madeline Berner

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Kathleen Coffey

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Nikki Hooppell

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Stephanie Julien

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Elyse Metaxas

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Debbie Correira

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Laura Foster

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Ashleigh Geitzmann

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Hannah Robinson

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Felicity Tchorlian

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Kate Wake

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Mary P

Ibrahim's Concubine

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Ron Hicks

Dead Pasha

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Glenn Levett

Dead Vizier

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Danny Lim

Storyteller

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Rellim Egroeg

Hapless Storyteller

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Eva Maria Barboza

Old Merchant's Cook

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Lulu Pinkus

Old Merchant Wife

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Karen Ainley

Old Merchant Wife

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Aska Karem

Airport Security Officer

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Melissa Kahraman

Airport Security Technician

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Bridget Maizey

Rollerblader in Love

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Eric Presnall

Rollerblader in Love

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Nolan Zadarnowski

Small Child

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Patryk Zadarnowski

Father

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Nathan Susskind

Young Man Soccer Player

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Peter Stephens

Persian General

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Louis Abdilla

Lecturer (uncredited)

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