Country Egypt (2)

Following a violent rupture with Amr, his long-time preferred actor, the director Yehia Eskandarany (alias Youssef Chahine), is obliged to place his entire career under scrutiny. Nothing looks familiar any longer; neither his country, nor cinema he knows.

As a concession to fundamentalist groups, the Caliph, Al Mansour, orders all his work to be burnt. Averroes’ followers and family decide to make copies of his manuscripts and smuggle them out of the country. Thoughts have wings. No one can stop their flight.