Destiny
movie
Released August 18, 1997
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.
Cast
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
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Abdullah Mahmoud
as
Borhan
Ahmed Fouad Selim
as
Cheikh Riad
Faris Rahoma
as
Youssef
Crew
Youssef Chahine
as
Director
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Hesham Soliman
as
Production Director
Gaby Khoury
as
Executive Producer
Khaled Youssef
as
Co-Director
Youssef Chahine
as
Writer
Khaled Youssef
as
Writer
Mohsen Nasr
as
Director of Photography
Rashida Abdel Salam
as
Editor
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Hamed Hemdan
as
Art Direction
Nahed Nasrallah
as
Costume Design
Kamal Al Taweel
as
Original Music Composer
Yahya Al Muji
as
Original Music Composer