Destiny

Destiny

1997
2h 9m
6.8

6.8/10

40 votes • View on IMDb
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.

Status: Released

Language: AR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Ognon Pictures MISR International Films France 2 Cinéma
Production Countries
Egypt France
Spoken Languages
Arabic

Quick Facts

Original Title المصير
Release Date August 18, 1997
Status Released
Language AR
IMDb ID tt0119629

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

Seif Abdelrahman
Seif Abdelrahman

Caliph's Brother

Abdullah Mahmoud
Abdullah Mahmoud

Borhan

Ahmed Fouad Selim
Ahmed Fouad Selim

Cheikh Riad

Faris Rahoma
Faris Rahoma

Youssef

Key Crew

Youssef Chahine
Director
Gaby Khoury
Executive Producer
Youssef Chahine
Writer
Khaled Youssef
Writer

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