The Lizard

The Lizard

110 mins | Comedy, Action | March 31, 2004

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?

The Lizard

110 mins | Comedy, Action | March 31, 2004

The Lizard
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?
IMDb rating 8.4
Producers
Original title مارمولک
Directors Kamal Tabrizi
Writers Peyman Ghasemkhani

Cast

Shahrokh Foroutanian

as Hajji Reza Ahmadi

Farideh Sepah Mansour

as Motazedi's Mother

Maede Tahmasbi

as Ozra

Bahram Ebrahimi

as Mojaver

Cryus Hemati

as Mojtaba

Mehran Rajabi

as Shojaei

Soheila Razavi

as Fayezeh's Mother

Sepehr Rezanoor

as The boy

Reza Saeedi

as Atef

Naqi Seif-Jamali

as Mr. Fazli

Hossein Soleymani

as Gholamali

Fardin Samadi

as fouad