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.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Cinenovo Films
- Foreign production companies : Film Clinic, Fox in the Snow Films, Wrong Men
- Film exports/foreign sales : Goodfellas
Full credits (2)
- Screenwriter : Abu Bakr Shawky
- Director of Photography : Wolfgang Thaler
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Coproducer countries : France, Egypt, Belgium, Sweden
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2025
- French release :
- Current status :
- Approval :
