
Acting
Amr Abed
Born 1984-06-10 · Egypt
Acting credits
6.3The 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.
The Stories
2026
7.1A group of youngsters; a rich, a poor, a liberal, and a religious, all of them live a life full of turmoil and indecisiveness. The film depicts their lives, their love stories, and their dreams, and how their own hesitation impedes the fulfillment of their aspirations.
Leisure Time
2006
7.0Three different personalities, the first tries to pursue his career in singing, the second is a dreamy Christian woman who falls in love with a Muslim youth, while the third works in the field of sports training.
When We're Born
2019
In the unforgiving streets of Cairo, betrayal and poverty push a humble cart driver to the brink of ruin, turning his grief over his horse’s murder into a relentless quest for vengeance.
Why Have You Left the Horse Alone?
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6.5A group of youngsters establishes a private university after failing to get high grades in high school. They reveal through this university a lot of errors and constraints in the educational system in Egypt, which affect even their personal lives.
EUC
2011
4.6A family participates in a competition to win the title of the “Ideal Family” as a solution to their problems.
Mickey's Family
2010
6.5When a day in the life of a beleaguered Egyptian filmmaker goes sideways, he witnesses anew issues like class and gender relations.
Exterior/Night
2018
5.0Wael El-Magic is an ambitious young man who wants to have a better life at any cost. He leads a group of friends as they form a swindling gang, which gets them into a lot of trouble.
The Magic
2007
6.2In one of the most extraordinary nights in the history of Egypt, the prisons were suddenly opened, leaving thousands of prisoners wandering the desert. Among them was one man trying to find his way in a city that is rapidly changing for good.
Rags & Tatters
2013
3.0A family has a traumatic accident that causes it to engage in a major conflict between its members, due to their involvement in a crime.
Devil’s Brain
2020
Behind the camera
NRThe film takes place in the heart of Cairo's hustle and bustle, where a young couple tries to sell their car before traveling abroad, but the husband remains torn between leaving the country with his family or staying in Cairo alone.
Cairo, Standstille
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NRThe film takes place in the heart of Cairo's hustle and bustle, where a young couple tries to sell their car before traveling abroad, but the husband remains torn between leaving the country with his family or staying in Cairo alone.
Cairo, Standstille
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NRA shy, uncertain man drives his car listening to an aria at night, with his more confident brother, a self-obsessed actor, tied up inside the trunk. They soon arrive at a clearing. The driver digs a ditch and begs his captive to lay inside it. As the story unfolds, the two characters’ dynamics start to shift. The two brothers’ confrontation heats up even more. The whole scene is covered in red. There’s no turning back at this point.
The Ditch
2021
NRA shy, uncertain man drives his car listening to an aria at night, with his more confident brother, a self-obsessed actor, tied up inside the trunk. They soon arrive at a clearing. The driver digs a ditch and begs his captive to lay inside it. As the story unfolds, the two characters’ dynamics start to shift. The two brothers’ confrontation heats up even more. The whole scene is covered in red. There’s no turning back at this point.
The Ditch
2021