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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. 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. The film is about Averroes, a 12th-century philosopher from Andalusia who would be known as the most important commentator on Aristotle.
Original Release
08/22/1997
US Release
10/16/1998
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nour El-Sherif | Averroes |
| Layla Olwi | The gypsy woman / Manuella |
| Mahmoud Hemida | Al Mansour, The Caliph |
| Safia El Emari | Averroes' Wife |
| Mohamed Mounir | The Bard |
| Khaled Nabawy | Nasser, The Crown Prince |
| Seif Abdelrahman | The Caliph's Brother |
| Abdalla Mahmoud | Borhan |
| Ahmed Fouad Selim | Cheikh Riad |
| Rogeena | Salma |
Directors
Khairiya A-Mansour, Youssef Chahine
Writers
Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Nour El-Sherif | Averroes |
| Layla Olwi | The gypsy woman / Manuella |
| Mahmoud Hemida | Al Mansour, The Caliph |
| Safia El Emari | Averroes' Wife |
| Mohamed Mounir | The Bard |
| Khaled Nabawy | Nasser, The Crown Prince |
| Seif Abdelrahman | The Caliph's Brother |
| Abdalla Mahmoud | Borhan |
| Ahmed Fouad Selim | Cheikh Riad |
| Rogeena | Salma |
| Magdy Edris | Emir of the Sect |
| Ahmed Moukhtar | Bard |
| Sherifa Maher | Manuella's Mother |
| Rayek Azzab | El Razi |
| Hasan El-Adl | Gaafar |
| Hani Salama | Abdellah / Abdalla |
| Faris Rahoma | Youssef |
| Mohamed Malas | |
| Sanaa Younes | |
| Ingi Abaza | Sarah |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Humbert Balsan | Producer |
| Gabriel Khoury | Producer |
