Destiny (1997 film)

This article is about the French-Egyptian film. For the Guinean film, see Dakan.

Destiny
French theatrical release poster
Directed by	Youssef Chahine
Written by	Youssef Chahine Khaled Youssef
Produced by	Humbert Balsan Gabriel Khoury
Starring	Nour El-Sherif
Cinematography	Mohsen Nasr
Edited by	Rashida Abdel Salam
Release date	9 May 1997 (1997-05-09)
Running time	135 minutes
Countries	Egypt France
Languages	Egyptian Arabic French Spanish

Destiny (Arabic: المصير, translit. al-Maṣīr; French: Le Destin) is a 1997 Egyptian-French historical drama film directed and co-written by Youssef Chahine. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film was selected as the Egyptian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2][3]

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

The film is set in Córdoba and depicts the relationship between the Caliph and Averroes, who is one of his most trusted advisors. Religious fanatics start gaining control and begin influencing the Caliph's decisions, leading to the persecution of the philosopher, and to political unrest in Andalusia.

Cast

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

See also

• List of historical drama films
• List of submissions to the 70th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Egyptian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Destiny". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
2. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
3. "44 Countries Hoping for Oscar Nominations". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 24 November 1997. Archived from the original on 13 February 1998. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

External links

• Destiny at IMDb
• Roger Ebert (review)