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 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.

Top Cast

Amir El-Masry

Ahmad

Valerie Pachner

Elizabeth

Karim Kassem

Shams

Ahmed ElAzaar

Hassan

Nelly Karim

Fairouz

Sabry Fawaz

Ahmed Kamal

Ragheb

Khaled Mokhtar

Sharaf

Johannes Krisch

Elizabeth's father

Sherif Desouqy

Osama Abdullah

Labib

Amr Abed

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