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.
Abu Bakr Shawky
Writer, Director
Nelly Karim
Fairouz
Amir El-Masry
Ahmad
Valerie Pachner
Elizabeth
Amr Abed
Lulu
Ahmed Kamal
Ragheb
Khaled Mokhtar
Sharaf
Sabry Fawaz
Hamada
Sherif Desouqy
Marai
Nagui Chehata
Sabri
Clika80%
A61%
School Dance73%
شمس المعارف77%
Jersey Boys67%
One Chance66%
Coda60%
The House of Tomorrow67%
Grace Unplugged60%
Hounddog64%
Battle of the Year67%
CQ59%
Feel the Beat75%
Moxie72%
Grace of My Heart60%
Mickybo and Me70%
Lady Windermere's Fan68%
Family Weekend63%
Treasure65%
Cadillac Records70%
