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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Nour El-SherifAverroes/Ibn Rushd
Hani SalamaAbdallah
RogenaSalma
Layla OlwyManuella/Gypsy Woman
Mahmoud HemidaAl Mansour, The Caliph
Safia ElEmaryAverroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife
Mohamed MounirMarwan/Poet
Khaled El NabawyNasser, The Crown Prince
Seif AbdelrahmanCaliph's Brother
Ahmed Fouad SelimCheikh Riad
Faris RahomaYoussefExplore the crew
- Director
- Youssef Chahine
- Writer
- Youssef Chahine
- Writer
- Khaled Youssef
- Director of Photography
- Mohsen Nasr
- Editor
- Rashida Abdel Salam
- Original Music Composer
- Kamal Al Taweel
- Original Music Composer
- Yahya Al Muji
- Producer
- Humbert Balsan
- Producer
- Gabriel Khoury
- Editor
- Rabab Abdel Latif