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 Middle-Class 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 , Comedy

Duration:

101 min

Actor:

Nelly Karim , Amir El-Masry , Valerie Pachner

Quality:

HD

Director:

Abu Bakr Shawky

Release:

2026

Country:

Egypt , Austria , Sweden , United Kingdom

IMDb:

6.3