The Stories (2026)
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 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.
Cast
Amir El-Masry
Ahmad
Valerie Pachner
Elizabeth
Karim Kassem
Shams
Ahmed ElAzaar
Hassan
Nelly Karim
Fairouz
Sabry Fawaz
Hamada
Ahmed Kamal
Ragheb
Khaled Mokhtar
Sharaf
Johannes Krisch
Elizabeth's father
Sherif Desouqy
Marai
Osama Abdullah
Labib
Amr Abed
Lulu
Hassan El-Adl
Dawoud
Sarrah Abdelrahman
TV Presenter
Maria Hofstätter
Elizabeth's mother
