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.
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6.8/10
1997
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Cast
Nour El-Sherif
As Averroes/Ibn Rushd
Hani Salama
As Abdallah
Rogena
As Salma
Layla Olwy
As Manuella/Gypsy Woman
Mahmoud Hemida
As Al Mansour, The Caliph
Safia ElEmary
As Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife
Mohamed Mounir
As Marwan/Poet
Khaled El Nabawy
As Nasser, The Crown Prince
Seif Abdelrahman
As Caliph's Brother
Abdullah Mahmoud
As Borhan
Ahmed Fouad Selim
As Cheikh Riad
Faris Rahoma
As Youssef
Ahmed Mokhtar
As Badr
Sherifa Maher
As Manuella's Mother
Fayeq Azab
As Al-Razi
Sanaa Younes
As Assailant's mother
Mohamed Ragab
As Assailant
Hassan El-Adl
As Jafar
Ahmed Sami Abdallah
As
Maher Selim
As
Ahmed Hegazi
As
Magdy Idris
As Emir of the Sect
Mohammad Malas
As Assailant's Father
Hanaa Nassor
As
Jihad Saad
As
Engy Abaza
As Sarah
Ameer Al Assemi
As Saad, Assailant's brother
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