Location: M.L Bhartia Auditorium
Date: Mon, 2011/03/21 -4:00pm – 6:30pm
Price: Open Event, Free Admission
Category: Film screening
Duration: 135 min
Francophonie Week from 21st to 26th March
CINEMA presented by the Embassy of Egypt
Monday 21st March at 4 pm
at M.L Bhartia Auditorium, Alliance Française de Delhi
Le Destin/ The Destiny
Directed by Youssef Chachine. 1997. 135 min.
Dans l’Andalousie du XIIe siècle gouvernée par les arabes, le célèbre philosophe Averroes (dont les concepts influenceront non seulement l’âge des Lumières en Occident mais toute la pensée humaine) est le grand juge attitré du Calife el-Mansou. Mais ses jugements éclairés ne plaisent pas à tous. Désirant amadouer les fanatiques religieux, le Calife envoie Averroes en exil et ordonne l’autodafé de toutes ses œuvres. Les disciples du philosophe décident d’en faire des copies et de les passer à travers les frontières. Le Destin est une fresque historique flamboyante impliquant des résonances profondes avec le monde d’aujourd’hui.
The story is set in the 12th century, in the Arab-ruled Spanish province of Andalusia. Famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the Caliph and his liberal court judgements are proving unpopular. The caliph’s political rivals, fixate around the leader of a fanatical Islamic sect and force the Caliph to sent Averroes into exile, but his ideas and philosophies continue to flourish thanks to his loyal Deftly related to our contemporary world in a deeply felt, musically moving, exuberant historical fresco with profound implications for present audiences.