Jun 17, 2026
101 min
Full-HD

The Stories (2026)

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.

Category

Drama Music Comedy

Country

Egypt Austria Sweden United Kingdom

Companies

Film AG Cinenovo Film Clinic Fox in the Snow Films Wrong Men Lagoonie Film Production Shofha Film Square Film i Väst

Amir El-Masry

Ahmad

Valerie Pachner

Elizabeth

Karim Kassem

Shams

Ahmed ElAzaar

Hassan

Nelly Karim

Fairouz

Sabry Fawaz

Hamada

Ahmed Kamal

Ragheb

Khaled Mokhtar

Sharaf

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