The Stories

Overview

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.

Directed by Abu Bakr Shawky

Top cast

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

N

Nagui Chehata

Sabri

Karim Kassem

Shams

Ahmed ElAzaar

Hassan

Osama Abdullah

Labib

Sarrah Abdelrahman

TV Presenter

Hassan El-Adl

Dawoud

Johannes Krisch

Elizabeth's father

Maria Hofstätter

Elizabeth's mother

J

Jack Hofer

Elizabeth's Brother

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