The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 45m.
Synopsis
The 20 year old Muslim religious law student Ibn Battuta (1304–1368), whose full name was Abu Abdullah Muhammed Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta, set out from Tangier, a city in northern Morocco, in 1325, on a pilgrimage to Mecca, some 3,000 miles (over 4,800 km) to the East. The journey took him 18 months to complete and along the way he met with misfortune and adversity, including attack by bandits, rescue by Bedouins, fierce sand storms and dehydration.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Bruce NeibaurDirector
- Bruce NeibaurWriter
- Tahir ShahWriter
- Michael BrookOriginal Music Composer
- Carl KnutsonWriter
Cast
- Ben KingsleyNarrator
- Chems-Eddine ZinouneIbn Battutah
- Hassam GhancyHighwayman
- Nabil ElouahabiHamza
- Nadim SawalhaIbn Mustapha