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The Stories

The Stories

Original Title: القصص

  • Film
  • 2025
  • 1h 51m
  • Released

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…

  • Directing Abu Bakr Shawky
  • Writing Abu Bakr Shawky
  • Starring Nelly KarimAmir El-Masryفاليري باشنر
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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.

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Nelly Karim
Nelly Karim فيروز
Amir El-Masry أحمد
فاليري باشنر إليزابيث
Ahmed Kamal
Ahmed Kamal راغب
Amr Abed
Amr Abed لولو
Khaled Mokhtar شرف
Sabry Fawaz
Sabry Fawaz حمادة
Sherif Desouqy مرعي
ناجي شحاتة صبري
Karim Kassem
Karim Kassem شمس
أحمد الأزعر حسن (حسنوف
Osama Abdullah لبيب
Sarrah Abdelrahman
Sarrah Abdelrahman المذيعة
Hassan El-Adl
Hassan El-Adl مذيع التليفزيون
يوهانس كريش والد إليزابيث
محمد سند رجل المطار
  • Directing Abu Bakr Shawky
  • Writing Abu Bakr Shawky
  • Cinematography أحمد خالد ماهر
  • Editing Roland Stöttinger
  • Production Julie ViezMohamed Hefzy
  • Production Design هند حيدر
  • Costume Design رفعت عبدالحكيم
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