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L’histoire se déroule à Cordoue, au XIIe siècle, pendant l’âge d’or de la civilisation andalouse. Le film suit le philosophe, médecin et juge (Ibn Rushd, interprété magistralement par Nour El-Sherif).

to deliver a timeless message: "Ideas have wings; no one can fly after them." A Defense of Reason L’histoire se déroule à Cordoue, au XIIe siècle,

The film famously incorporates song and dance to show that joy and creativity are the ultimate antidotes to repression. : Chahine made the film as a direct

: Chahine made the film as a direct response to the rise of extremism in 1990s Egypt, using the 12th-century setting as a mirror for contemporary struggles. His master, the blind sheikh who had once

Córdoba, 1197. The philosopher’s books were burning in the plaza, but Suleiman carried one beneath his tunic, the leather cover warm against his chest. His master, the blind sheikh who had once walked with Averroes, had whispered the night before: “They cannot burn what lives in memory.”

Moreover, French audiences have a particular cultural connection to Le Destin . The film was co-produced by France (with funding from Canal+ and the French Ministry of Culture), and it competed at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. A high-quality VOSTFR release honors that Franco-Egyptian heritage.