Begin Again vs The Stories
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.2/10 for Begin Again). The Stories is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 44m. Begin Again is the older of the two (2014 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Begin Again
The Stories| Begin Again | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | United States of America | Egypt |
| Director | John Carney | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | Keira Knightley, Hailee Steinfeld, Aya Cash, Mark Ruffalo, Yasiin Bey | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
Begin Again
Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.
The Stories
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.
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