THE STORIES

By Abu Bakr SHAWKY

GOODFELLAS (EX WILD BUNCH INTERNATIONAL) - as SALES

Drama - Post-Production 2025

Writer-director Abu Bakr Shawky follows his acclaimed Yomeddine with a new story of friendship, adversity and determination set between Egypt and Austria in the late 20th century.

    • Year of production
    • 2025
    • Genres
    • Drama, Comedy
    • Countries
    • FRANCE, AUSTRIA
    • Languages
    • ARABIC, GERMAN, ENGLISH
    • Director(s)
    • Abu Bakr SHAWKY
    • Writer(s)
    • Abu Bakr SHAWKY
    • Synopsis
    • Egypt. Summer 1967. Ahmed receives a letter from Austria - Liz has replied to his search for a pen pal. They begin a long-distance friendship that is viewed with suspicion by his relatives. From this summer
      onwards, Ahmed’s efforts to become a pianist despite his humble social background will gain an unstoppable momentum, as Liz pushes him towards his elusive goal: a public concert. Together, with this shared dream always in mind, Ahmed and Liz will live through war, family joys, opposition and dramas, failures and triumphs that rocked Egypt until the 1980s.