The Lizard
04/02/2004
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?
Movie Information
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
Sepehr Rezanoor
as The boy
Reza Saeedi
as Sargord Atef
Naqi Seif-Jamali
as Mr. Fazli
Hossein Soleymani
as Gholamali
Rana Azadivar
as Fayezeh
Fardin Samadi
as Fouad
Hossein Abedini
as Soldier guarding the turret
Hossein Ilbeygi
as Train conductor
Reza Mirzaei
as Amir Mohammadi
Farzin Mohades
as The Soldier with Sunglasses
Abolfazl Shah Karam
as The head of the second prison
Mehrdad Ziaei
as Prisoner
