The Stories (2026)
6.36 votesHD1h 41mReleased
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.
- Released
- Jun 17, 2026
- Director
- Abu Bakr Shawky
- Writer
- Abu Bakr Shawky
- Studio
- Film AG, Cinenovo, Film Clinic
- Language
- German, English, Arabic
- Country
- Egypt, Austria, Sweden, United Kingdom
