The Lizard (2004)
Marmoulak
115 min
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?
- Release date
- February 4, 2004
- Country of origin
- Iran
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Cast
- Parviz Parastui as Reza Mesghali
- Shahrokh Foroutanian as Hajj Reza Ahmadi
- Farideh Sepah Mansour as Motazedi's Mother (Madar-e Motazedi)
- Maedeh Tahmasebi as Ozra
- Ali Abedini as Jackson
- Bahram Ebrahimi as Mojaver
- Mehran Rajabi as Mohandes Shojaei
- Soheyla Razavi as Fayezeh's Mother (Madar-e Fayezeh)
- Sepehr Rezanoor as The boy
- Reza Saeedi as Sargord Atef
- Naghi Seif Jamali as Fazli
- Hossein Soleimani as Gholamali
- Ra'na Azadivar as Fayezeh
- Hossein Abedini as Soldier guarding the turret
- Hossein Ilbeygi as Train conductor
- Farzin Mohades as The Soldier with Sunglasses
- Abolfazl Shah Karam as The head of the second prison
- Seyyed Mehrdad Ziaei as Prisoner
- Saeed Noorullahi
Crew
- Kamal Tabrizi · Director
- Peyman Ghassemkhani · Writer
- Manouchehr Mohammadi · Producer
- Seyed Yashar Tavakolian · Producer
- Mohammad Reza Aligholi · Composer
- Hamid Khozouie Abyane · Cinematographer
- Hossein Zandbaf · Editor
- Habib Rezaei · Casting director
- Farhad Vilkiji · Production designer