The Lizard (2004)
1h 51m
Running Time
February 4, 2004Release Date
The Lizard (2004)
1h 51m
Running Time
February 4, 2004Release Date
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Plot.
The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza dons his new acquaintance's clerical robes and makes a bid for freedom. He soon learns that being a clergyman brings little respect from the public. Reza travels to the outlying villages, from where he plots to escape the country. However, his plans must be put on hold when the villagers accept him into their community and expect him to perform religious duties. Will Reza's prison break transform him into an unlikely pillar of the community?
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Cast & Crew.
Bahram Ibrahimi
Mojaver
Parviz Parastouei
Reza Mesghali
Bahram Ebrahimi
Mojaver
Reza Saeedi
Sargord Atef
Farideh Sepah Mansour
Motazedi's Mother
Maede Tahmasbi
Ozra
Shahrokh Foroutanian
Hajj Reza Ahmadi
Ali Abedini
Jackson
Kamal Tabrizi
Director
Peyman Ghasemkhani
Writer
Cryus Hemati
Mojtaba
Manouchehr Mohammadi
Producer
Mehran Rajabi
Mohandes Shojaei
Soheila Razavi
Fayezeh's Mother
Mohammadreza Aligholi
Composer
Hamid Khozouei
Cinematographer
Sepehr Rezanoor
The boy
Naqi Seif-Jamali
Mr. Fazli
Hossein Soleymani
Gholamali
Rana Azadivar
Fayezeh
Fardin Samadi
Fouad
Hossein Abedini
Soldier guarding the turret
Hossein Ilbeygi
Train conductor
Reza Mirzaei
Amir Mohammadi
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Wiki.
The Lizard (Persian: مارمولک, romanized: Marmoulak), is an 2004 Iranian comedy drama film directed by Kamal Tabrizi, written by Peyman Ghasem Khani and starring Parviz Parastui as Reza "the lizard" Mesghali, a small-time thief. This is the first Iranian film that satirised the mullahs. The story of this film is an adaptation of the films "We're No Angels" and "The Pilgrim".
The film satirizes the clergy, religion, Iranian society, and life in general. A copy of The Lizard with English subtitles is widely available online.