Egypt has selected Abu Bakr Shawky drama The Stories as its entry to the Best International Feature Film category of the 99th Academy Awards.
Unfolding against the backdrop of Egypt’s turbulent years from the late 1960s until the 1980s, British-Egyptian actor Amir El-Masry (Giant, MobLand) stars as an aspiring Egyptian concert pianist opposite Valerie Pachner (Four Minus Three) as an Austrian girl he connects with in 1967 via a pen pal scheme.
A long-distance friendship that is viewed with suspicion by his relatives develops into something deeper, as the young Austrian woman encourages the pianist to follow his
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