The Lizard

Feb 4, 2004

1h 51m

★ 7.5

Overview

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?

Genres

Action

Comedy

Production Companies

Faradis

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Cast

Reza

Parviz Parastouei

Mojaver

Bahram Ibrahimi

Hajji Reza Ahmadi

Shahrokh Foroutanian

Motazedi's Mother

Farideh Sepah Mansour

Ozra

Maede Tahmasbi

Jackson

Ali Abedini

Mojaver

Bahram Ebrahimi

Mojtaba

Cryus Hemati

Mohandes Shojaei

Mehran Rajabi

Fayezeh's Mother

Soheila Razavi

The boy

Sepehr Rezanoor

Sargord Atef

Reza Saeedi

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