The Stories

The Stories is a decades-spanning Egyptian family saga and love story set between the late 1960s and 1980s. The film follows Ahmed, a young man from a modest Cairo family who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. During the tense summer of 1967, as war looms over Egypt, he begins a pen-pal correspondence with an Austrian woman named Elizabeth (“Liz”). A semi-autobiographical film based on the director's parents and how they met.

Genre:

Drama, Music

Duration:

101 min

Actor:

Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Karim Kassem

Quality:

HD

Director:

Abu Bakr Shawky

Release:

2026

Country:

Egypt

IMDb:

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