One Chance vs The Stories
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.7/10 for One Chance). The Stories is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 1h 43m. One Chance is the older of the two (2013 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| One Chance | The Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 41m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | Egypt |
| Director | David Frankel | Abu Bakr Shawky |
| Main cast | Colm Meaney, Alex Macqueen, Julie Walters, Jemima Rooper, James Corden | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal |
Synopsis
One Chance
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
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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