Mouths and Rabbits (Arabic: أفواه وأرانب, transliterated as Afwah wa araneb) is an Egyptian film released in 1977, produced by the United Film Company, and directed by Henry Barakat.
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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.
Cast
Faten Hamama
Mahmoud Yassin
Farid Shawqi
Ali El Sherif
Ragaa Hussein
Hassan Mustafa
Magda El-Khatib
Inas El-Degheidy
Widad Hamdi
Abu Bakr Ezzat
Mohsen Mohieddin
Ahmed Salama
Salah Nazmi