The Lizard

Genres

Overview

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?

Directors

Kamal Tabrizi

Writers

Peyman GhasemkhaniWriter

Cast

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Parviz Parastouei

Reza

Bahram Ibrahimi

Mojaver

Shahrokh Foroutanian

Hajji Reza Ahmadi

Farideh Sepah Mansour

Motazedi's Mother

Maede Tahmasbi

Ozra