Mouths and Rabbits
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Mouths and Rabbits | |
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أفواه وأرانب | |
Directed by | Henry Barakat |
Written by | |
Starring | Faten Hamama Mahmoud Yassin Farid Shawqi Hassan Mustafa |
Cinematography | |
Edited by | |
Music by | Jamal Salameh |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Country | Egypt |
Language | Arabic |
Mouths and Rabbits (Arabic: أفواه وأرانب, transliterated as Afwah wa araneb) is an Egyptian film released in 1977, produced by the , and directed by Henry Barakat.
Synopsis[]
The film explores issues of poverty and unplanned families. Nima (Faten Hamama lives with her older sister and the latter’s husband Abdulmajid, who have nine children between them. Abdulmajid is an alcoholic railroad worker who neglects his family. The couple decides to marry Nima off to a teacher named Al-Batawi to financially stabilize the household, prompting Nima to flee to Mansoura while Al-Batawi is married with papers Abdulmajid forges. In Mansoura, Nima finds work on the farm of a gentleman named Mahmoud Bey, who falls in love with her after separating from his fiancée. On her return to inform her sister, Nima brings Mahmoud Bey, who encounters a livid Al-Batawi and fights back ending in the latter’s stabbing. Devastated, Abdulmajid acknowledges his error and allows Nima to marry Mahmoud, who takes care of the family as Al-Batawi had promised to do.[1]
Cast[]
- Faten Hamama
- Mahmoud Yassin
- Farid Shawqi
- Hassan Mustafa
- Inas El-Degheidy
- Widad Hamdi
- Ahmed Salama
External links[]
- IMDb page
- El Cinema page
- El Film page archived
- Article by Hassan Haddad on the film
- Article by Mostafa Bayoumi on the film from the December 1, 2012 edition of Al-Bawaba
- Post by Muna Butterfly on Blogspot from March 5, 2010
References[]
- ^ Haddad, Hassan (May 8, 1991). "أفواه وأرانب.. نموذج للسينما الخطرة". Hana Bahrain. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- 1977 films
- Arabic-language films
- Egyptian films in the 20th century
- Films directed by Henry Barakat