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Destiny

6.8 129 mins Drama   History   Music   1997
Ognon Pictures   أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)   France 2 Cinéma  
Director(s): Youssef Chahine

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.

Casts of Destiny

Nour El-Sherif

as Averroes/Ibn Rushd

Hani Salama

as Abdallah

Rogena

as Salma

Layla Olwy

as Manuella/Gypsy Woman

Mahmoud Hemida

as Al Mansour, The Caliph

Safia ElEmary

as Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife

Mohamed Mounir

as Marwan/Poet

Khaled El Nabawy

as Nasser, The Crown Prince

Seif Abdelrahman

as Caliph's Brother

Abdullah Mahmoud

as Borhan

Ahmed Fouad Selim

as Cheikh Riad

Faris Rahoma

as Youssef

Ahmed Mokhtar

as Badr

Sherifa Maher

as Manuella's Mother

Fayeq Azab

as Al-Razi

Sanaa Younes

as Assailant's mother

Mohamed Ragab

as Assailant

Hassan El-Adl

as Jafar

Magdy Idris

as Emir of the Sect

Mohammad Malas

as Assailant's Father

Engy Abaza

as Sarah

Ameer Al Assemi

as Saad, Assailant's brother

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