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Destiny
1997 6.8 (35 votes) 2h 9m
Genres
Drama History Music
Production Companies
Ognon Pictures
MISR International Films
France 2 Cinéma

Destiny (المصير)

Overview

In the 12th century's Andalusia lives Ibn Rushd a prominent Islamic philosopher with his wife Zeinab and daughter Salma. The principality is ruled by Khalifa ElMansour who has two sons, ElNasser, an intellectual that likes Ibn Rush and is in love with his daughter Salma. The younger son Abdallah is more into dancing and poetry, spending most of his times with the gypsy family and getting the daughter pregnant. The Khalifa is depending on the extremists to build his army granting them more power which they use to combat artists and philosophers. The extremists succeed in recruiting Abd Allah and train him to kill his father. Events go on where Marawan, the gypsy singer, is killed and Ibn Rushd's books are burnt. Adapted from the real life of Ibn Rushd AlMasir is Chahine's statement against extremism.

Key Crew

Director: Youssef Chahine

Writer: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef

Director of Photography: Mohsen Nasr

Top Cast

Nour El-Sherif
Nour El-Sherif

Averroes/Ibn Rushd

Hani Salama
Hani Salama

Abdallah

Rogena
Rogena

Salma

Layla Olwy
Layla Olwy

Manuella/Gypsy Woman

Mahmoud Hemida
Mahmoud Hemida

Al Mansour, The Caliph

Safia ElEmary
Safia ElEmary

Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife

Mohamed Mounir
Mohamed Mounir

Marwan/Poet

Khaled El Nabawy
Khaled El Nabawy

Nasser, The Crown Prince

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