The Stories

Name: The Stories
Genre: Drama, Music, Comedy
Released: 2026-06-17
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal

القصص (2026)

1:41 (101 min)

Drama, Music, Comedy

Egypt, Austria, Sweden, United Kingdom

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Watch film The Stories — Official Trailer

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Production

Film AG, Cinenovo, Film Clinic

Release date

17 June 2026

Director

Abu Bakr Shawky

Scenario

Abu Bakr Shawky

Producer

Julie Viez

All team (9)

Actors

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

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Short description

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.