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The Stories (2026)

The Stories (2026)

Drama Music
Release Date: 2026, June 17
Directors: Abu Bakr Shawky
Countries: Egypt
Production: Film AG, Cinenovo, Film Clinic, Fox in the Snow Films, Wrong Men, Lagoonie Film Production, Shofha
Cast: Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Nelly Karim

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.