Original Title: Al massir
Director:Youssef Chahine
Screenwriter:Youssef Chahine
Nationality : Egypt - France
Genre : Drama
Original language : Egyptian 
Premiere :16 October 1998 (USA)
Runtime :135 mn
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Festival: Cannes 1997 - Grand Prize of the jury of the 50th anniversary

Synopsis

DESTINY takes place in Arab Andalusia in the 12th century. Avérroès, one of the most influential philosophers in Islam, sets out precepts that have influenced human thought to this day. In an attempt to appeal to the fundamentalists, the Caliph El Mansour orders the burning of all Avérroès' philosophical works. Avérroès' disciples and followers decide to copy these texts and smuggle them out of the country. In spite of intensive pressure from the fundamentalists from all sides, human knowledge, as always, manages to blaze a trail toward communication and progress.

Cast

Nour el Charif
Laïla Elwi
Mahmoud Hemida
Khaled el Nabawi

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