The Destiny

October. 16,1998      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Nour El-Sherif as  Averroes
Hani Salama as  Abdallah
Rogena as  Salma
Layla Olwy as  Manuella
Mahmoud Hemida as  Al Mansour, The Caliph
Safia ElEmary as  Averroes' Wife
Mohamed Mounir as  Marwan
Khaled El Nabawy as  Nasser, The Crown Prince
Seif Abdelrahman as  Caliph's Brother
Abdullah Mahmoud as  Borhan