The Lizard
04/02/2004
2h



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?
Cast


Parviz Parastouei
Reza
Bahram Ibrahimi
Mojaver


Shahrokh Foroutanian
Hajji Reza Ahmadi


Farideh Sepah Mansour
Motazedi's Mother


Maede Tahmasbi
Ozra
Ali Abedini
Jackson


Bahram Ebrahimi
Mojaver
Cryus Hemati
Mojtaba


Mehran Rajabi
Mohandes Shojaei


Soheila Razavi
Fayezeh's Mother
Sepehr Rezanoor
The boy
Reza Saeedi
Sargord Atef


Naqi Seif-Jamali
Mr. Fazli


Hossein Soleimani
Gholamali


Rana Azadivar
Fayezeh
Fardin Samadi
Fouad


Hossein Abedini
Soldier guarding the turret
Hossein Ilbeygi
Train conductor
Reza Mirzaei
Amir Mohammadi


Farzin Mohades
The Soldier with Sunglasses
Abolfazl Shah Karam
The head of the second prison


Mehrdad Ziaei
Prisoner
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