The read
A Balasaur Score of 63 out of 100, drawn from TMDB 6.3/10.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB6.3/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Abu Bakr ShawkyDirector
- Abu Bakr ShawkyWriter
Cast
- Nelly KarimFairouz
- Amir El-MasryAhmad
- Valerie PachnerElizabeth
- Amr AbedLulu
- Ahmed KamalRagheb
- Khaled MokhtarSharaf
- Sabry FawazHamada
- Sherif DesouqyMarai
- Nagui ChehataSabri
- Karim KassemShams
- Ahmed ElAzaarHassan
- Osama AbdullahLabib
