The Lizard
مارمولک
Release: 2004-02-04
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 7.5
Action
Comedy
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?
Production Countries
Iran
Production Companies
Faradis
Cast
Mehran Rajabi
as Mohandes Shojaei
Rana Azadivar
as Fayezeh
Shahrokh Foroutanian
as Hajji Reza Ahmadi
Maede Tahmasbi
as Ozra
Soheila Razavi
as Fayezeh's Mother
Naqi Seif-Jamali
as Mr. Fazli
Mehrdad Ziaei
as Prisoner
Parviz Parastouei
as Reza
Hossein Soleimani
as Gholamali
Hossein Abedini
as Soldier guarding the turret
Farzin Mohades
as The Soldier with Sunglasses
Farideh Sepah Mansour
as Motazedi's Mother
Bahram Ebrahimi
as Mojaver
