Destiny (1997 film)

Destiny
Directed by	Youssef Chahine
Produced by	Humbert Balsan Gabriel Khoury
Written by	Youssef Chahine Khaled Youssef
Starring	Nour El-Sherif
Cinematography	Mohsen Nasr
Editing by	Rashida Abdel Salam
Release date(s)	9 May 1997 (1997-05-09)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	Egypt France
Language	Arabic French

Destiny (Arabic: المصير‎, translit. Al-massir) is a 1997 French-Egyptian historical drama film directed by Youssef Chahine. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

The film is about Averroes, a 12th century philosopher from Muslim-controlled Andalusia who would be known as the most important commentator on Aristotle.

Cast

• Nour El-Sherif as Averroes
• Laila Eloui as Manuella
• Mahmoud Hemida as Al Mansour, The Caliph
• Safia El Emari as Averroes' Wife (as Safia El Emary)
• Mohamed Mounir as The Bard
• Khaled El Nabawy as Nasser, The Crown Prince
• Seif El Dine as The Caliph's Brother
• Abdalla Mahmoud as Borhan
• Ahmed Fouad Selim as Cheikh Riad
• Magdi Idris as Emir of the Sect
• Ahmed Moukhtar as Bard
• Sherifa Maher as Manuella's Mother
• Rayek Azzab as El Razi
• Hassan El Adl as Gaafar
• Hani Salama as Abdalla
• Faris Rahoma as Youssef
• Ingi Abaza as Sarah

See also

• List of historical drama films

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Destiny". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4795/year/1997.html. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 

External links

• Destiny at the Internet Movie Database

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