

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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Cast

Nour El-Sherif
Averroes/Ibn Rushd

Hani Salama
Abdallah

Rogena
Salma

Layla Olwy
Manuella/Gypsy Woman

Mahmoud Hemida
Al Mansour, The Caliph

Safia ElEmary
Averroes' Wife/Ibn Rushd's wife

Mohamed Mounir
Marwan/Poet

Khaled El Nabawy
Nasser, The Crown Prince

Seif Abdelrahman
Caliph's Brother
Abdullah Mahmoud
Borhan

Ahmed Fouad Selim
Cheikh Riad

Faris Rahoma
Youssef
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