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Destiny (1997) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 18, 1997

Original Title:
المصير

Alternate Titles:
Al-massir
Das Schicksal
Destinul
Destiny
El Destino
Il Destino
Kader
Kohtalo
Le destin
O Destino
Osud
Przeznaczenie
Sors
Vận mệnh
Ödet
Το Πεπρωμένο
Судьба мудреца
הגורל
سرنوشت
ชะตาฟ้ากำหนด
命运
命運之劫
炎のアンダルシア
운명

Genres:
Drama | History | Music

Production Companies:
France 2 Cinéma
Ognon Pictures
أفلام مصر العالمية (يوسف شاهين وشركاه)

Production Countries:
Egypt | France

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 129

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Art Direction:
Hamed Hemdan

Co-Director:
Khaled Youssef

Costume Design:
Nahed Nasrallah

Director:
Youssef Chahine

Director of Photography:
Mohsen Nasr

Editor:
Rashida Abdel Salam

Executive Producer:
Gaby Khoury

Music:
Yahya Al Muji
Kamal Al Taweel

Production Director:
Hesham Soliman

Writer:
Youssef Chahine
Khaled Youssef

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