The Stories

Abu Bakr Shawky

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Set between the late 1960s and 1980s, the film follows Ahmed, a young Cairo man dreaming of becoming a concert pianist, whose life changes after beginning a pen-pal romance with an Austrian woman during the 1967 war.

Year

2025

Duration

111 Mins

Language

Arabic

Screening format

DCP

Subtitles

Subtitled to Arabic and English

Rating

+12

Writers

Abu Bakr Shawky

Countries

Egypt

Genre

Drama

Cast

Nelly Karim, Amir El Masry, Karim Qassem, Ahmed Al-Azhar, Khaled Mokhtar

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