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.

• Abu Bakr ShawkyWriter
• Abu Bakr ShawkyDirector

• Amir El-MasryAhmad
• Valerie PachnerElizabeth
• Karim KassemCast
• Ahmed ElAzaarCast
• Nelly KarimFairouz
• Sabry FawazCast
• Ahmed KamalCast
• Khaled MokhtarCast
• Johannes KrischCast
• Sherif DesouqyCast
• Osama AbdullahCast