Destiny Movie Review 1997

Averroes (el-Cherif) is a 12th century Arab humanist philosopher living in Andalusia, Spain. When one of his disciples is burned at the stake for heresy, the man's son Youssef (Rahouma), following his father's wishes, travels to Andalusia to study with Averroes. Youssef finds that the ruling Caliph (Memida) supports Averroes but a fundamentalist Muslim cult hopes to overthrow the Caliph and destroy Averroes and his students. Arabic with subtitles.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 135 minutes.
Originally from Egyptian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Medieval Romps, Spain, Big Ideas, Religion, This Is Your Life

Screenplay

Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef

Cast

Nour (el-Sherif) el-Cherif, Fares Rahouma, Mahmoud Hemeida, Khaled el-Nabaoui, Laila Eloui

Director

Youssef Chahine