Al-massir

1997 [ARABIC]

Action / Comedy / Drama / History / Musical / Romance

18
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 83% · 6 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 3500 3.5K

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Plot summary

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.

Top cast

Khaled Nabawy as Nasser, The Crown Prince
Seif Abdelrahman as The Caliph's Brother
Nour El-Sherif as Averroes
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alghnem
alghnem 1382 days ago
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Destiny The most courageous frontal attack on Islamic fundamentalism to come out of the Arab cinema to date, "Destiny" is both an entertaining historical biopic of the influential 12th-century philosopher Averroes and a blunt allegory condemning the politically driven fanaticism of present times. By Deborah Young - Overview In the 12th century, 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 time 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 training him to kill his father. Events go on where Marwan, 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. Youssef Chahine Director, Writer

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