The Lizard (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?
Directed by: Kamal Tabrizi
Top Billed Cast: Naqi Seif-Jamali, Farideh Sepah Mansour, Farzin Mohades
Runtime: 111 minutes
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Parviz Parastouei
Reza
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Bahram Ibrahimi
Mojaver
Shahrokh Foroutanian
Hajji Reza Ahmadi
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Farideh Sepah Mansour
Motazedi's Mother
Maede Tahmasbi
Ozra
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Ali Abedini
Jackson
Bahram Ebrahimi
Mojaver
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Cryus Hemati
Mojtaba
Mehran Rajabi
Mohandes Shojaei
Soheila Razavi
Fayezeh's Mother
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Sepehr Rezanoor
The boy
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Reza Saeedi
Sargord Atef
Naqi Seif-Jamali
Mr. Fazli
Hossein Soleimani
Gholamali
Rana Azadivar
Fayezeh
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Fardin Samadi
Fouad
Hossein Abedini
Soldier guarding the turret
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Hossein Ilbeygi
Train conductor
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Reza Mirzaei
Amir Mohammadi
Farzin Mohades
The Soldier with Sunglasses
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Abolfazl Shah Karam
The head of the second prison
Mehrdad Ziaei
Prisoner
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Saeed Noorullahi
