The Stories vs Yura Was Here
The Stories has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 5.9/10 for Yura Was Here). Yura Was Here is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 41m. Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Stories
Yura Was Here| The Stories | Yura Was Here | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | Egypt | – |
| Director | Abu Bakr Shawky | Sergey Malkin |
| Main cast | Nelly Karim, Amir El-Masry, Valerie Pachner, Amr Abed, Ahmed Kamal | Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vasily Mikhailov, Darya Kotrelyova, Denis Paramonov, Kuzma Kotrelev |
Synopsis
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.
Yura Was Here
At 30, Oleg and Seryoga still dream of becoming rock stars. They play in a little-known band, live in a communal apartment, and are preparing for an important performance at a local festival. On the eve of the concert, they are unexpectedly approached by Oleg's uncle, a 50-year-old man with mental disabilities, whom the boys cannot leave unattended, not even for a minute.
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