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Destiny (1997)

Destiny (1997)

Drama Music History
Release Date: 1997, August 18
Directors: Youssef Chahine
Countries: Egypt, France
Production: Ognon Pictures, Ognon Pictures, MISR International Films, MISR International Films, France 2 Cinéma, France 2 Cinéma
Cast: Khaled El Nabawy, Mohamed Ragab, Mohamed Mounir, Faris Rahoma, Mahmoud Hemida, Layla Olwy, Hassan El-Adl, Rogena, Hani Salama, Ahmed Fouad Selim, Safia ElEmary, Magdy Idris

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.