The Destiny

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.

Genres:

Drama, History

Release:

May 09, 1997

Production:

Ognon Pictures , MISR International Films , France 2 Cinéma

Casts:

Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Rogena, Layla Olwy, Mahmoud Hemida, Safia ElEmary, Mohamed Mounir, Khaled El Nabawy, Seif Abdelrahman, Abdullah Mahmoud, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Magdy Idrees, Fares Rahoma, Engy Abaza, Ahmed Mokhtar, Sherifa Maher, Fayeq Azab, Mohamed Malas, Sanaa Younes, Ameer ElAssmi, Mohamed Ragab, Hassan El Adl, Ahmed Samy Abdallah, Maher Selim, Ahmed Hegazi, Gehad Saad