Destiny

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Nour El-Sherif

Averroes/Ibn Rushd

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Hani Salama

Abdallah

Age : 47 | Popularity : 26%

Rogena

Salma

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Layla Olwy

Manuella/Gypsy Woman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Mahmoud Hemida

Al Mansour, The Caliph

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Safia ElEmary

Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife

Age : 75 | Popularity : 9%

Mohamed Mounir

Marwan/Poet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Khaled El Nabawy

Nasser, The Crown Prince

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Youssef Chahine
	Co-Director	Khaled Youssef
Writing	Writer	Youssef Chahine Khaled Youssef
Camera	Director of Photography	Mohsen Nasr
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Nahed Nasrallah
Art	Art Direction	Hamed Hemdan
Editing	Editor	Rashida Abdel Salam
Sound	Music	Kamal Al Taweel Yahya Al Muji
Production	Executive Producer	Gaby Khoury
	Production Director	Hesham Soliman
Department	Role	Name

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