Destiny ( Le Destin ) ( Al Massir ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
by Youssef Chahine
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Actor: Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hemida, Mohamed Mounir, Nour El-Sherif, Safia El EmariDirector: Youssef Chahine
Host: CategoryArthouse
Host: CategoryFrance
Host: CategoryMiddleEast
Host: Festival Cannes Film Festival
Host: film movie Egypt Egyptian Arab African
Host: film movie Foreign
Host: film movie France French
Producer: Destiny ( Le Destin ) ( Al Massir )
Producer: Destiny
Producer: Le Destin
Producer: Al Massir
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: Arabic (Unknown); English (Subtitled)
Format: Import, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 130 unknown-units
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Editions Montparnasse
DVD Reviews of Destiny ( Le Destin ) ( Al Massir ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
DVD Review: A Hidden Gem - Well Worth Seeing
Summary: 4 Stars
Youssef Chahine's "Destiny" or "Al-Massir" is a film that really deserves a wider audience in North America. It is a fun, adventurous, and well-acted film. Its subject is the important twelfth century Arab philosopher Ibn Rushd (or Averroes as he was known in Europe). The movie takes place in the romantic setting of medieval Arab Spain, the enchanted land of al-Andalus. The film is a commentary on the dangers of corrupt governments and religious fanaticism, and hence somewhat of a commentary of Chahine's Egypt of the 1990s. As a testament to the film's passionate message of intellectual freedom, as well as its very good production and direction, it won the prestigious 50th Anniversary Palme D'or Prize at Cannes in 1997. Though an Arabic film, it is available with French and English subtitles.
The star of the film, Nour El Cherif, does an excellent job of portraying Ibn Rushd, who was a brilliant judge and commentator of Aristotle, faced with issues of government, religion, and family. The film has elements of a musical, in that at certain points the characters break into song and dance. This is not overdone however, and mostly adds to the film's sense of fun, right alongside the very important issues it deals with.
As Ibn Rushd's reconciliation of faith and reason would be deeply influential in Europe, helping to foster such developments as the Renaissance, the film is important as it shows the interrelationship between Europe and the Arab world, between Christianity and Islam. It also shows how ideas transcend borders, and highlights some of the universal values we all share regardless of culture.
Overall, a very, very good film that serves well as a Friday night movie, or a film for the classroom.
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Description of Destiny ( Le Destin ) ( Al Massir ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - France ]
France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: Arabic ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Arabic ( Dolby Digital Stereo ), English ( Subtitles ), French ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In twelfth-century Cordoba, the Caliph orders all books written by the eminent philosopher Averroe's to be burnt, to mollify the fundamentalists. Averroe's family and followers decide to make copies of his books and smuggle them across the border. Despite the pressure from fundamentalists, human knowledge prevails and the influence of Averroe's teaching extended through the Enlightenment to the present day. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Cannes Film Festival, ...Destiny ( Le Destin ) ( Al Massir )Bestsellers in DVD
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