Where to Watch Destiny (1998)

Want to behold the glory that is 'Destiny' in the comfort of your own home? Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the Youssef Chahine-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to help you out.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription choices - along with the availability of 'Destiny' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the various whats and wheres of how you can watch 'Destiny' right now, here are some specifics about the Ognon Pictures, MISR International Films, France 2 Cinéma drama flick.

Released October 16th, 1998, 'Destiny' stars Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Rogena, Layla Olwy The movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 9 min, and received a user score of 68 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 34 knowledgeable users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "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." .