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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?
2004 · Directed by Kamal Tabrizi · 111 min · Action · Comedy · 10 frames
Crew
- Written by: Peyman Ghasemkhani
- Cinematography: Hamid Khozouei
- Edited by: Hossein Zandbaf
- Music: Mohammadreza Aligholi
- Produced by: Manouchehr Mohammadi
Cast
- Parviz Parastouei as Reza
- Bahram Ibrahimi as Mojaver
- Shahrokh Foroutanian as Hajji Reza Ahmadi
- Farideh Sepah Mansour as Motazedi's Mother
- Maede Tahmasbi as Ozra
- Ali Abedini as Jackson
- Bahram Ebrahimi as Mojaver
- Cryus Hemati as Mojtaba
- Mehran Rajabi as Mohandes Shojaei
- Soheila Razavi as Fayezeh's Mother
Production
- Country: Iran
- Language: Persian
- Studios: Faradis
- Themes: prison escape, iran, cleric
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