The Stories

The Stories — Plot

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.

• Release date
• June 17, 2026
• Runtime
• 120 min
• Genres
• Drama, Music, Comedy
• Director
• Abu Bakr Shawky

The Stories — Cast

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