The Lizard
8.4
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
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Parviz Parastouei
Reza
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Bahram Ibrahimi
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Shahrokh Foroutanian
Hajji Reza Ahmadi
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Farideh Sepah Mansour
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Actor
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Maede Tahmasbi
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Ali Abedini
Jackson
Bahram Ebrahimi
Mojaver
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Mehran Rajabi
Mohandes Shojaei
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Soheila Razavi
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Sepehr Rezanoor
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Reza Saeedi
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Album
The Insane Flew Away
Kamal Tabrizi Director · Peyman Ghasemkhani Writer Mohammadreza Aligholi Composer
First release February 4, 2004 · Produced in Iran · Original title مارمولک
Production
Faradis
Production
Iran
Produced in
Languages
Original title
مارمولک
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Persian
Release dates
Iran · February 4, 2004
Premiere · Fajr Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
August 28, 2004 · Limited theatrical · Montréal International Film Festival
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